Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Rwanda size comparison

Azerbaijan is 3.29 times bigger by total area compared to Rwanda: 33,436 sq mi vs 10,169 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Azerbaijan is 31,911 sq mi vs 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda — a 3.35 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 145/197 for Rwanda.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Rwanda.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 76.3% in Rwanda.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Rwanda has 0.04%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in Rwanda.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.007% are in Rwanda.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Rwanda

See how Azerbaijan and Rwanda 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	Rwanda
Total area	33,436 sq mi	10,169 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.29	1
Total area rank	112/197	145/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.005%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	9,525 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.35	1
Land area rank	112/197	146/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.02%
Population	10,202,830	14,256,567
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	1,563 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Rwanda
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	1,077 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	11.3%
Forest area rank	121/196	151/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.007%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	7,271 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	76.3%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	120/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.04%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	4,475 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	47%
Arable land area rank	82/191	101/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	13.7%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	65/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	644 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	6.33%
Water area rank	72/197	100/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	2,920 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	578 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	n/a

Azerbaijan vs Rwanda 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 Rwanda 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.