Total & land area: Australia vs Belarus size comparison

Australia is 37.1 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 37.9 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 84/197 for Belarus.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.14% for Belarus.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 39.6% in Belarus.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Belarus has 0.17%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 43.4% in Belarus.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.22% are in Belarus.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Belarus

See how Australia 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

	Australia	Belarus
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	80,154 sq mi
Size difference ratio	37.1	1
Total area rank	6/197	84/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.04%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	78,372 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	37.9	1
Land area rank	6/197	83/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.14%
Population	27,196,812	9,132,629
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	115 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Belarus
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	34,020 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	43.4%
Forest area rank	6/196	57/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.22%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	31,019 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	39.6%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	78/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.17%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	21,497 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	27.4%
Arable land area rank	10/191	45/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	330 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	105/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	1,781 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	2.22%
Water area rank	152/197	66/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	2,236 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	n/a

Australia vs Belarus 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 Australia and Belarus 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.