Total & land area: Belgium vs Kiribati size comparison

Belgium is 37.8 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 11,849 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Belgium is 11,774 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 37.6 times difference in territory size.

Belgium ranks 137/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Belgium occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
44.4% of Belgium's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Belgium has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
22.6% of Belgium is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Belgium, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Belgium vs Kiribati

See how Belgium and Kiribati 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

	Belgium	Kiribati
Total area	11,849 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	37.8	1
Total area rank	137/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.0002%
Land area	11,774 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	37.6	1
Land area rank	136/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.0005%
Population	11,858,610	134,518
Population density	1,011 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belgium	Kiribati
Forest area	2,661 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.6%	1.46%
Forest area rank	133/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	5,225 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	44.4%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	133/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.0007%
Arable land	3,333 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	28.3%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	112/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	89.6 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.76%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	145/192	137/192
Water area	74.9 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.63%	0.12%
Water area rank	129/197	163/197
Roads length	73,579 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	806 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	41.3 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	38.3%	11.9%

Belgium vs Kiribati 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 Belgium and Kiribati 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.