Total & land area: Belgium vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 30.9 times bigger by total area compared to Belgium: 365,756 sq mi vs 11,849 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 11,774 sq mi for Belgium — a 29 times difference in territory size.

Belgium ranks 137/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Belgium occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
44.4% of Belgium's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Belgium has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
22.6% of Belgium is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Belgium, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Belgium vs Tanzania

See how Belgium 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

	Belgium	Tanzania
Total area	11,849 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	30.9
Total area rank	137/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.19%
Land area	11,774 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	29
Land area rank	136/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.59%
Population	11,858,610	68,560,157
Population density	1,011 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belgium	Tanzania
Forest area	2,661 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.6%	50.1%
Forest area rank	133/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.02%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	5,225 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	44.4%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	133/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.83%
Arable land	3,333 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	28.3%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	112/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	89.6 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.76%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	145/192	22/192
Water area	74.9 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.63%	6.49%
Water area rank	129/197	11/197
Roads length	73,579 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	806 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	41.3 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	38.3%	2.3%

Belgium 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 Belgium 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.