Total & land area: Angola vs Luxembourg size comparison

Angola is 482 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 481,354 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Angola is 481,354 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 484 times difference in territory size.

Angola ranks 22/197 by total surface area vs 169/197 for Luxembourg.
Angola occupies 0.84% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Luxembourg.
36.9% of Angola's area is agricultural land vs 51.7% in Luxembourg.
Angola has 0.97% of the world's agricultural land area — Luxembourg has 0.003%.
52.1% of Angola is covered by forests, compared to 34.5% in Luxembourg.
1.61% of the world's forests are in Angola, and 0.002% are in Luxembourg.

True size map comparison: Angola vs Luxembourg

See how Angola and Luxembourg 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	Luxembourg
Total area	481,354 sq mi	999 sq mi
Size difference ratio	482	1
Total area rank	22/197	169/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.24%	0.0005%
Land area	481,354 sq mi	994 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	484	1
Land area rank	22/197	169/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.84%	0.002%
Population	37,885,849	677,012
Population density	83.6 ppl/mi²	696 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Angola	Luxembourg
Forest area	250,743 sq mi	342 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.1%	34.5%
Forest area rank	12/196	160/196
World's forests share	1.61%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	177,850 sq mi	514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.9%	51.7%
Agricultural land area rank	20/194	160/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.97%	0.003%
Arable land	20,792 sq mi	236.8 sq mi
Arable land share	4.32%	23.8%
Arable land area rank	47/191	155/191
Permanent cropland	1,224 sq mi	5.99 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.25%	0.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	67/192	179/192
Water area	0 sq mi	4.59 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.46%
Water area rank	170/197	146/197
Roads length	47,224 mi	1,786 mi
Land borders length	3,336 mi	203.2 mi
Coastline length	994 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Angola vs Luxembourg size on the map

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

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