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

Paraguay is 17.7 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 157,049 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 17.4 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 59/197 for Paraguay.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.27% for Paraguay.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 54.1% in Paraguay.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — Paraguay has 0.45%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 38.5% in Paraguay.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.38% are in Paraguay.

True size map comparison: Belize vs Paraguay

See how Belize and Paraguay 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	Paraguay
Total area	8,867 sq mi	157,049 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	17.7
Total area rank	148/197	59/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.08%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	152,901 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	17.4
Land area rank	148/197	59/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.27%
Population	417,072	6,929,153
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	46.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	Paraguay
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	58,936 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	38.5%
Forest area rank	117/196	42/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.38%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	82,730 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	54.1%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	51/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.45%
Arable land	386 sq mi	17,610 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	11.5%
Arable land area rank	147/191	52/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	318 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	0.21%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	108/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	4,148 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	2.64%
Water area rank	134/197	44/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	10,333 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	2,892 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	n/a

Belize vs Paraguay size on the map

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

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