Total & land area: Belarus vs Colombia size comparison

Colombia is 5.5 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 440,831 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 5.47 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 25/197 for Colombia.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.74% for Colombia.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 36.5% in Colombia.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Colombia has 0.85%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 52.8% in Colombia.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 1.45% are in Colombia.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Colombia

See how Belarus and Colombia 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

	Belarus	Colombia
Total area	80,154 sq mi	440,831 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.5
Total area rank	84/197	25/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.22%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	428,380 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.47
Land area rank	83/197	26/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.74%
Population	9,132,629	52,886,363
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	126 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Colombia
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	226,040 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	52.8%
Forest area rank	57/196	13/196
World's forests share	0.22%	1.45%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	156,306 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	36.5%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	27/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.85%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	9,843 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	45/191	73/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	9,443 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	2.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	16/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	12,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	2.82%
Water area rank	66/197	17/197
Roads length	n/a	127,001 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	4,146 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,993 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	41.1%

Belarus vs Colombia 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 Belarus and Colombia 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.