Total & land area: Austria vs Niger size comparison [2026]

Niger is 15.1 times bigger by total area compared to Austria: 489,191 sq mi vs 32,386 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 31,861 sq mi for Austria — a 15.4 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Austria vs Niger

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Total size and land area comparison

	Austria	Niger
Total area	32,386 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	15.1
Total area rank	113/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.25%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	15.4
Land area rank	113/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.85%
Population	9,177,982	27,032,412
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	Niger
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	0.82%
Forest area rank	79/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.98%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	14%
Arable land area rank	96/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	100/192
Water area	525 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	0.02%
Water area rank	103/197	124/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	1,568 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Austria vs Niger size on the map

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

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