Total & land area: Belize vs East Timor size comparison

Belize is 1.54 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 8,867 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Belize is 8,807 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 1.53 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Belize vs East Timor

See how Belize and East Timor 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

	Belize	East Timor
Total area	8,867 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.54	1
Total area rank	148/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.003%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.53	1
Land area rank	148/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.01%
Population	417,072	1,400,638
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	East Timor
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	61.7%
Forest area rank	117/196	127/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.007%
Arable land	386 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	147/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	110/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	0.33%
Water area rank	134/197	140/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	0.7%

Belize vs East Timor 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 Belize and East Timor 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.