Total & land area: Australia vs Tunisia size comparison

Australia is 47 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 49.5 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Tunisia

See how Australia and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	47	1
Total area rank	6/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.03%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	49.5	1
Land area rank	6/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.1%
Population	27,196,812	12,277,109
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Tunisia
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	4.55%
Forest area rank	6/196	132/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.2%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	10/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	20/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	5.04%
Water area rank	152/197	52/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	1.1%

Australia vs Tunisia size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/size/australia/tunisia | CC BY

The map above outlines the borders of Australia and Tunisia 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.