Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Nepal size comparison

Nepal is 1.7 times bigger by total area compared to Azerbaijan: 56,827 sq mi vs 33,436 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Nepal is 55,348 sq mi vs 31,911 sq mi for Azerbaijan — a 1.73 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 93/197 for Nepal.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Nepal.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 26.1% in Nepal.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Nepal has 0.08%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 41.6% in Nepal.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.15% are in Nepal.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Nepal

See how Azerbaijan and Nepal 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	Nepal
Total area	33,436 sq mi	56,827 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.7
Total area rank	112/197	93/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.03%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	55,348 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.73
Land area rank	112/197	92/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.1%
Population	10,202,830	29,651,054
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	535 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Nepal
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	23,020 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	41.6%
Forest area rank	121/196	71/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	14,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	26.1%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	99/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.08%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	6,965 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	12.6%
Arable land area rank	82/191	85/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	560 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	1.01%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	94/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	1,479 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	2.6%
Water area rank	72/197	75/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	49,758 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	1,963 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	n/a

Azerbaijan vs Nepal 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 Nepal 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.