Total & land area: Australia vs Ethiopia size comparison

Australia is 6.97 times bigger by total area compared to Ethiopia: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 426,373 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 435,716 sq mi for Ethiopia — a 6.82 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 26/197 for Ethiopia.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.76% for Ethiopia.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 34.1% in Ethiopia.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Ethiopia has 0.81%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 14.9% in Ethiopia.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.42% are in Ethiopia.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Ethiopia

See how Australia 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

	Australia	Ethiopia
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	426,373 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.97	1
Total area rank	6/197	26/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.22%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	435,716 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.82	1
Land area rank	6/197	25/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.76%
Population	27,196,812	132,059,767
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	319 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Ethiopia
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	65,056 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	14.9%
Forest area rank	6/196	40/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.42%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	148,483 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	34.1%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	34/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.81%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	63,321 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	10/191	19/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	7,942 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	1.82%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	21/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	0%
Water area rank	152/197	175/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	74,671 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,682 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	n/a

Australia 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 Australia 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.