Total & land area: Bangladesh vs Zambia size comparison

Zambia is 5.1 times bigger by total area compared to Bangladesh: 290,587 sq mi vs 56,977 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zambia is 287,024 sq mi vs 50,186 sq mi for Bangladesh — a 5.72 times difference in territory size.

Bangladesh ranks 92/197 by total surface area vs 38/197 for Zambia.
Bangladesh occupies 0.09% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.5% for Zambia.
72.3% of Bangladesh's area is agricultural land vs 32.1% in Zambia.
Bangladesh has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — Zambia has 0.5%.
14.5% of Bangladesh is covered by forests, compared to 59.5% in Zambia.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Bangladesh, and 1.1% are in Zambia.

True size map comparison: Bangladesh vs Zambia

See how Bangladesh and Zambia 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

	Bangladesh	Zambia
Total area	56,977 sq mi	290,587 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.1
Total area rank	92/197	38/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.15%
Land area	50,186 sq mi	287,024 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.72
Land area rank	94/197	37/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.09%	0.5%
Population	173,562,364	21,314,956
Population density	3,544 ppl/mi²	78.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bangladesh	Zambia
Forest area	7,272 sq mi	170,848 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.5%	59.5%
Forest area rank	114/196	17/196
World's forests share	0.05%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	36,290 sq mi	92,043 sq mi
Agricultural land share	72.3%	32.1%
Agricultural land area rank	76/194	47/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.5%
Arable land	30,426 sq mi	14,672 sq mi
Arable land share	60.6%	5.11%
Arable land area rank	32/191	62/191
Permanent cropland	3,547 sq mi	150.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	7.07%	0.05%
Permanent cropland area rank	39/192	130/192
Water area	6,792 sq mi	3,563 sq mi
Water as share of total area	11.9%	1.23%
Water area rank	30/197	48/197
Roads length	229,351 mi	42,049 mi
Land borders length	2,742 mi	3,755 mi
Coastline length	360 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	8%	n/a

Bangladesh vs Zambia 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 Bangladesh and Zambia 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.