Total & land area: Belize vs Mali size comparison [2026]

Mali is 54 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 478,841 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mali is 471,118 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 53.5 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 23/197 for Mali.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.82% for Mali.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 35.5% in Mali.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — Mali has 0.91%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 10.9% in Mali.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.33% are in Mali.

True size map comparison: Belize vs Mali

See how Belize and Mali 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	Mali
Total area	8,867 sq mi	478,841 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	54
Total area rank	148/197	23/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.24%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	471,118 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	53.5
Land area rank	148/197	23/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.82%
Population	417,072	24,478,595
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	55.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	Mali
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	51,336 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	10.9%
Forest area rank	117/196	47/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.33%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	167,103 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	35.5%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	22/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.91%
Arable land	386 sq mi	32,205 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	6.84%
Arable land area rank	147/191	30/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	1,152 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	0.24%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	69/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	7,723 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	1.61%
Water area rank	134/197	28/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	86,437 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	4,914 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	n/a

Belize vs Mali size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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