Total & land area: Armenia vs Ethiopia size comparison

Ethiopia is 37.1 times bigger by total area compared to Armenia: 426,373 sq mi vs 11,484 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 10,888 sq mi for Armenia — a 40 times difference in territory size.

Armenia ranks 139/197 by total surface area vs 26/197 for Ethiopia.
Armenia occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.76% for Ethiopia.
58.6% of Armenia's area is agricultural land vs 34.1% in Ethiopia.
Armenia has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Ethiopia has 0.81%.
11.6% of Armenia is covered by forests, compared to 14.9% in Ethiopia.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Armenia, and 0.42% are in Ethiopia.

True size map comparison: Armenia vs Ethiopia

See how Armenia and Ethiopia 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

	Armenia	Ethiopia
Total area	11,484 sq mi	426,373 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	37.1
Total area rank	139/197	26/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.22%
Land area	10,888 sq mi	435,716 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	40
Land area rank	138/197	25/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.76%
Population	3,033,500	132,059,767
Population density	274.6 ppl/mi²	319 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Armenia	Ethiopia
Forest area	1,265 sq mi	65,056 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	11.6%	14.9%
Forest area rank	147/196	40/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.42%
Agricultural land area	6,380 sq mi	148,483 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.6%	34.1%
Agricultural land area rank	126/194	34/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.81%
Arable land	1,705 sq mi	63,321 sq mi
Arable land share	15.7%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	126/191	19/191
Permanent cropland	238.6 sq mi	7,942 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.19%	1.82%
Permanent cropland area rank	120/192	21/192
Water area	596 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.19%	0%
Water area rank	102/197	175/197
Roads length	4,785 mi	74,671 mi
Land borders length	976 mi	3,682 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Armenia vs Ethiopia size on the map

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

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The map above outlines the borders of Armenia and Ethiopia but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.