Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Peru size comparison [2026]

Peru is 14.8 times bigger by total area compared to Azerbaijan: 496,225 sq mi vs 33,436 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Peru is 494,211 sq mi vs 31,911 sq mi for Azerbaijan — a 15.5 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 19/197 for Peru.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.86% for Peru.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 19.1% in Peru.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Peru has 0.51%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 56.1% in Peru.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 1.78% are in Peru.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Peru

See how Azerbaijan and Peru 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	Peru
Total area	33,436 sq mi	496,225 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	14.8
Total area rank	112/197	19/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.25%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	494,211 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	15.5
Land area rank	112/197	19/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.86%
Population	10,202,830	34,217,848
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	70.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Peru
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	277,267 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	56.1%
Forest area rank	121/196	10/196
World's forests share	0.03%	1.78%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	94,153 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	19.1%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	46/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.51%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	15,129 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	3.06%
Arable land area rank	82/191	60/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	8,804 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	1.78%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	18/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	2,014 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	0.41%
Water area rank	72/197	64/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	109,106 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	4,388 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,500 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	7.9%

Azerbaijan vs Peru 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 Peru 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.