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

Tunisia is 7.12 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 63,170 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 6.81 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Belize vs Tunisia

See how Belize and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	8,867 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7.12
Total area rank	148/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.03%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.81
Land area rank	148/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.1%
Population	417,072	12,277,109
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	Tunisia
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	4.55%
Forest area rank	117/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.2%
Arable land	386 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	147/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	20/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	5.04%
Water area rank	134/197	52/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	1.1%

Belize vs Tunisia size on the map

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

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