Total & land area: Angola vs Belarus size comparison [2026]

Angola is 6.01 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 481,354 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Angola is 481,354 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 6.14 times difference in territory size.

Angola ranks 22/197 by total surface area vs 84/197 for Belarus.
Angola occupies 0.84% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.14% for Belarus.
36.9% of Angola's area is agricultural land vs 39.6% in Belarus.
Angola has 0.97% of the world's agricultural land area — Belarus has 0.17%.
52.1% of Angola is covered by forests, compared to 43.4% in Belarus.
1.61% of the world's forests are in Angola, and 0.22% are in Belarus.

True size map comparison: Angola vs Belarus

See how Angola and Belarus compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Angola	Belarus
Total area	481,354 sq mi	80,154 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.01	1
Total area rank	22/197	84/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.24%	0.04%
Land area	481,354 sq mi	78,372 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.14	1
Land area rank	22/197	83/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.84%	0.14%
Population	37,885,849	9,132,629
Population density	83.6 ppl/mi²	115 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Angola	Belarus
Forest area	250,743 sq mi	34,020 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.1%	43.4%
Forest area rank	12/196	57/196
World's forests share	1.61%	0.22%
Agricultural land area	177,850 sq mi	31,019 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.9%	39.6%
Agricultural land area rank	20/194	78/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.97%	0.17%
Arable land	20,792 sq mi	21,497 sq mi
Arable land share	4.32%	27.4%
Arable land area rank	47/191	45/191
Permanent cropland	1,224 sq mi	330 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.25%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	67/192	105/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,781 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	2.22%
Water area rank	170/197	66/197
Roads length	47,224 mi	n/a
Land borders length	3,336 mi	2,236 mi
Coastline length	994 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Angola vs Belarus size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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