Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Iceland size comparison

Iceland is 1.19 times bigger by total area compared to Azerbaijan: 39,770 sq mi vs 33,436 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Iceland is 38,931 sq mi vs 31,911 sq mi for Azerbaijan — a 1.22 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 106/197 for Iceland.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Iceland.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 16.2% in Iceland.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Iceland has 0.03%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 0.53% in Iceland.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.001% are in Iceland.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Iceland

See how Azerbaijan and Iceland 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

	Azerbaijan	Iceland
Total area	33,436 sq mi	39,770 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.19
Total area rank	112/197	106/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	38,931 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.22
Land area rank	112/197	104/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.07%
Population	10,202,830	386,506
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	10.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Iceland
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	205.8 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	0.53%
Forest area rank	121/196	161/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.001%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	6,324 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	16.2%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	127/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.03%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	467 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	1.2%
Arable land area rank	82/191	144/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	n/a
Water area	1,525 sq mi	839 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	2.11%
Water area rank	72/197	93/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	8,014 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	3,088 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	0.5%

Azerbaijan vs Iceland 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 Azerbaijan and Iceland 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.