Total & land area: Bhutan vs East Timor size comparison

Bhutan is 2.57 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 14,824 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Bhutan is 14,726 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 2.56 times difference in territory size.

Bhutan ranks 132/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Bhutan occupies 0.03% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
13.8% of Bhutan's area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Bhutan has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
71.6% of Bhutan is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
0.07% of the world's forests are in Bhutan, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Bhutan vs East Timor

See how Bhutan 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

	Bhutan	East Timor
Total area	14,824 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.57	1
Total area rank	132/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.008%	0.003%
Land area	14,726 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.56	1
Land area rank	132/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.03%	0.01%
Population	791,524	1,400,638
Population density	54.5 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bhutan	East Timor
Forest area	10,545 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	71.6%	61.7%
Forest area rank	93/196	127/196
World's forests share	0.07%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	2,035 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	13.8%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	149/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.007%
Arable land	386 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	2.62%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	148/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	54.1 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.37%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	150/192	110/192
Water area	98.1 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.66%	0.33%
Water area rank	125/197	140/197
Roads length	7,584 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	706 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.7%

Bhutan 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 Bhutan 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.