Total & land area: Australia vs Belize size comparison

Australia is 335 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 337 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 148/197 for Belize.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Belize.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 7.98% in Belize.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Belize has 0.004%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 54.5% in Belize.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.03% are in Belize.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Belize

See how Australia and Belize 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	Belize
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	8,867 sq mi
Size difference ratio	335	1
Total area rank	6/197	148/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.005%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	8,807 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	337	1
Land area rank	6/197	148/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.02%
Population	27,196,812	417,072
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	48.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Belize
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	4,801 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	54.5%
Forest area rank	6/196	117/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	703 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	7.98%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	157/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.004%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	386 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	4.38%
Arable land area rank	10/191	147/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	1.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	138/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	60.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	0.68%
Water area rank	152/197	134/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	2,039 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	337 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	239.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	20.4%

Australia vs Belize 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 Belize 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.