Total & land area: Australia vs Jamaica size comparison

Australia is 700 times bigger by total area compared to Jamaica: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 4,244 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica — a 710 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 161/197 for Jamaica.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for Jamaica.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 38.5% in Jamaica.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Jamaica has 0.009%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 56.2% in Jamaica.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.02% are in Jamaica.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Jamaica

See how Australia and Jamaica 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	Jamaica
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	4,244 sq mi
Size difference ratio	700	1
Total area rank	6/197	161/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.002%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	4,181 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	710	1
Land area rank	6/197	159/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.007%
Population	27,196,812	2,839,175
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	678 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Jamaica
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	2,350 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	56.2%
Forest area rank	6/196	135/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	1,610 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	38.5%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	150/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.009%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	463 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	11.1%
Arable land area rank	10/191	145/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	262.5 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	6.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	117/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	62.5 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	1.47%
Water area rank	152/197	133/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	13,745 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	635 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	0.7%

Australia vs Jamaica 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 Jamaica 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.