Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Kiribati size comparison

Azerbaijan is 106.8 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 33,436 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Azerbaijan is 31,911 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 102 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Kiribati

See how Azerbaijan and Kiribati 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	Kiribati
Total area	33,436 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	106.8	1
Total area rank	112/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.0002%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	102	1
Land area rank	112/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.0005%
Population	10,202,830	134,518
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Kiribati
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	1.46%
Forest area rank	121/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.0007%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	82/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	137/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	0.12%
Water area rank	72/197	163/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	11.9%

Azerbaijan vs Kiribati 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 Kiribati 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.