Total & land area: Bolivia vs Ethiopia size comparison

Ethiopia is slightly bigger by total area compared to Bolivia: 426,373 sq mi vs 424,164 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 418,264 sq mi for Bolivia.

Bolivia ranks 27/197 by total surface area vs 26/197 for Ethiopia.
Bolivia occupies 0.73% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.76% for Ethiopia.
35.8% of Bolivia's area is agricultural land vs 34.1% in Ethiopia.
Bolivia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Ethiopia has 0.81%.
46.3% of Bolivia is covered by forests, compared to 14.9% in Ethiopia.
1.24% of the world's forests are in Bolivia, and 0.42% are in Ethiopia.

True size map comparison: Bolivia vs Ethiopia

See how Bolivia and Ethiopia 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

	Bolivia	Ethiopia
Total area	424,164 sq mi	426,373 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.01
Total area rank	27/197	26/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.22%
Land area	418,264 sq mi	435,716 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.04
Land area rank	27/197	25/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.73%	0.76%
Population	12,413,315	132,059,767
Population density	30.5 ppl/mi²	319 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bolivia	Ethiopia
Forest area	193,848 sq mi	65,056 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	46.3%	14.9%
Forest area rank	14/196	40/196
World's forests share	1.24%	0.42%
Agricultural land area	149,867 sq mi	148,483 sq mi
Agricultural land share	35.8%	34.1%
Agricultural land area rank	31/194	34/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.81%
Arable land	21,477 sq mi	63,321 sq mi
Arable land share	5.13%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	46/191	19/191
Permanent cropland	976 sq mi	7,942 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.23%	1.82%
Permanent cropland area rank	76/192	21/192
Water area	5,900 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.39%	0%
Water area rank	31/197	175/197
Roads length	n/a	74,671 mi
Land borders length	4,506 mi	3,682 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Bolivia vs Ethiopia 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 Bolivia and Ethiopia 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.