Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Portugal size comparison

Portugal is slightly bigger by total area compared to Azerbaijan: 35,608 sq mi vs 33,436 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Portugal is 35,369 sq mi vs 31,911 sq mi for Azerbaijan — a 1.11 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Portugal

See how Azerbaijan and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	33,436 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.06
Total area rank	112/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.11
Land area rank	112/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.06%
Population	10,202,830	10,694,681
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Portugal
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	36.2%
Forest area rank	121/196	86/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.08%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	82/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	41/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	0.67%
Water area rank	72/197	111/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	n/a
Land borders length	1,534 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	16.8%

Azerbaijan vs Portugal 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 Portugal 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.