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

Belarus is 5.74 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 80,154 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Belarus is 78,372 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 5.61 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Taiwan

See how Belarus and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	80,154 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.74	1
Total area rank	84/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.007%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.61	1
Land area rank	83/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.02%
Population	9,132,629	23,331,886
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Taiwan
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	60.8%
Forest area rank	57/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.22%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.02%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	27.4%	n/a
Arable land area rank	45/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	79/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	0%
Water area rank	66/197	193/197
Roads length	n/a	25,771 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Belarus vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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