Total & land area: Australia vs Serbia size comparison

Australia is 86.9 times bigger by total area compared to Serbia: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 34,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 32,467 sq mi for Serbia — a 91.5 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 111/197 for Serbia.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Serbia.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 40.4% in Serbia.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Serbia has 0.07%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Serbia.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.07% are in Serbia.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Serbia

See how Australia and Serbia 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	Serbia
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	34,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	86.9	1
Total area rank	6/197	111/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.02%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	32,467 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	91.5	1
Land area rank	6/197	111/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.06%
Population	27,196,812	6,586,476
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	200 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Serbia
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	10,516 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	32.4%
Forest area rank	6/196	94/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	13,112 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	40.4%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	102/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.07%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	10,050 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	31%
Arable land area rank	10/191	71/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	826 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	2.54%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	81/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	1,702 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	4.98%
Water area rank	152/197	69/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	28,222 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,443 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	n/a

Australia vs Serbia 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 Serbia 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.