Total & land area: Austria vs Colombia size comparison

Colombia is 13.6 times bigger by total area compared to Austria: 440,831 sq mi vs 32,386 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 31,861 sq mi for Austria — a 13.4 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 25/197 for Colombia.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.74% for Colombia.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 36.5% in Colombia.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Colombia has 0.85%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 52.8% in Colombia.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 1.45% are in Colombia.

True size map comparison: Austria vs Colombia

See how Austria and Colombia 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

	Austria	Colombia
Total area	32,386 sq mi	440,831 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	13.6
Total area rank	113/197	25/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.22%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	428,380 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	13.4
Land area rank	113/197	26/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.74%
Population	9,177,982	52,886,363
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	126 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	Colombia
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	226,040 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	52.8%
Forest area rank	79/196	13/196
World's forests share	0.1%	1.45%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	156,306 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	36.5%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	27/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.85%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	9,843 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	96/191	73/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	9,443 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	2.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	16/192
Water area	525 sq mi	12,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	2.82%
Water area rank	103/197	17/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	127,001 mi
Land borders length	1,568 mi	4,146 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,993 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	41.1%

Austria vs Colombia 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 Austria and Colombia 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.