Total & land area: Belarus vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 4.56 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 365,756 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 4.36 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Tanzania

See how Belarus and Tanzania 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	Tanzania
Total area	80,154 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	4.56
Total area rank	84/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.19%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	4.36
Land area rank	83/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.59%
Population	9,132,629	68,560,157
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Tanzania
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	50.1%
Forest area rank	57/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.22%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.83%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	45/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	22/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	6.49%
Water area rank	66/197	11/197
Roads length	n/a	90,225 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.3%

Belarus vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.