Total & land area: Belarus vs Jordan size comparison [2026]

Belarus is 2.32 times bigger by total area compared to Jordan: 80,154 sq mi vs 34,495 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Belarus is 78,372 sq mi vs 34,284 sq mi for Jordan — a 2.29 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 110/197 for Jordan.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Jordan.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 11.5% in Jordan.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Jordan has 0.02%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 1.1% in Jordan.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 0.002% are in Jordan.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Jordan

See how Belarus and Jordan 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	Jordan
Total area	80,154 sq mi	34,495 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.32	1
Total area rank	84/197	110/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.02%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	34,284 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.29	1
Land area rank	83/197	110/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.06%
Population	9,132,629	11,552,876
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	335 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Jordan
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	376 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	1.1%
Forest area rank	57/196	159/196
World's forests share	0.22%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	3,954 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	11.5%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	139/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.02%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	788 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	45/191	139/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	322 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.94%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	107/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	211.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	0.61%
Water area rank	66/197	115/197
Roads length	n/a	4,476 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	1,084 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	16.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.8%

Belarus vs Jordan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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