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

Niger is 55.2 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 489,191 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 55.5 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Belize vs Niger

See how Belize and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	8,867 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	55.2
Total area rank	148/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.25%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	55.5
Land area rank	148/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.85%
Population	417,072	27,032,412
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	Niger
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	0.82%
Forest area rank	117/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.98%
Arable land	386 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	14%
Arable land area rank	147/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	100/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	0.02%
Water area rank	134/197	124/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	n/a

Belize vs Niger size on the map

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

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