Total & land area: Australia vs Cambodia size comparison

Australia is 42.5 times bigger by total area compared to Cambodia: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 69,898 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 68,155 sq mi for Cambodia — a 43.6 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 88/197 for Cambodia.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.12% for Cambodia.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 34.9% in Cambodia.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Cambodia has 0.13%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 43.1% in Cambodia.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.19% are in Cambodia.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Cambodia

See how Australia and Cambodia 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	Cambodia
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	69,898 sq mi
Size difference ratio	42.5	1
Total area rank	6/197	88/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.04%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	68,155 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	43.6	1
Land area rank	6/197	88/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.12%
Population	27,196,812	17,638,801
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	265 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Cambodia
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	29,349 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	43.1%
Forest area rank	6/196	60/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.19%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	23,762 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	34.9%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	81/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.13%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	15,908 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	23.3%
Arable land area rank	10/191	55/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	2,063 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	3.03%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	53/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	1,743 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	2.49%
Water area rank	152/197	67/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	34,175 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,572 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	275.3 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	1.5%

Australia vs Cambodia 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 Cambodia 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.