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

Niger is 1.15 times bigger by total area compared to Bolivia: 489,191 sq mi vs 424,164 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 418,264 sq mi for Bolivia — a 1.17 times difference in territory size.

Bolivia ranks 27/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Bolivia occupies 0.73% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
35.8% of Bolivia's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Bolivia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
46.3% of Bolivia is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
1.24% of the world's forests are in Bolivia, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Bolivia vs Niger

See how Bolivia 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

	Bolivia	Niger
Total area	424,164 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.15
Total area rank	27/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.25%
Land area	418,264 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.17
Land area rank	27/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.73%	0.85%
Population	12,413,315	27,032,412
Population density	30.5 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bolivia	Niger
Forest area	193,848 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	46.3%	0.82%
Forest area rank	14/196	124/196
World's forests share	1.24%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	149,867 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	35.8%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	31/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.98%
Arable land	21,477 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	5.13%	14%
Arable land area rank	46/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	976 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.23%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	76/192	100/192
Water area	5,900 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.39%	0.02%
Water area rank	31/197	124/197
Roads length	n/a	11,774 mi
Land borders length	4,506 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Bolivia vs Niger size on the map

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

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