Total & land area: Brunei vs Zambia size comparison [2026]

Zambia is 130.5 times bigger by total area compared to Brunei: 290,587 sq mi vs 2,226 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zambia is 287,024 sq mi vs 2,035 sq mi for Brunei — a 141.1 times difference in territory size.

Brunei ranks 165/197 by total surface area vs 38/197 for Zambia.
Brunei occupies 0.004% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.5% for Zambia.
2.54% of Brunei's area is agricultural land vs 32.1% in Zambia.
Brunei has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Zambia has 0.5%.
72.1% of Brunei is covered by forests, compared to 59.5% in Zambia.
0.009% of the world's forests are in Brunei, and 1.1% are in Zambia.

True size map comparison: Brunei vs Zambia

See how Brunei and Zambia 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

	Brunei	Zambia
Total area	2,226 sq mi	290,587 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	130.5
Total area rank	165/197	38/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.001%	0.15%
Land area	2,035 sq mi	287,024 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	141.1
Land area rank	165/197	37/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.004%	0.5%
Population	462,721	21,314,956
Population density	231 ppl/mi²	78.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brunei	Zambia
Forest area	1,467 sq mi	170,848 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	72.1%	59.5%
Forest area rank	144/196	17/196
World's forests share	0.009%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	51.7 sq mi	92,043 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.54%	32.1%
Agricultural land area rank	175/194	47/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.5%
Arable land	15.4 sq mi	14,672 sq mi
Arable land share	0.76%	5.11%
Arable land area rank	175/191	62/191
Permanent cropland	23.2 sq mi	150.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.14%	0.05%
Permanent cropland area rank	159/192	130/192
Water area	191.2 sq mi	3,563 sq mi
Water as share of total area	8.59%	1.23%
Water area rank	117/197	48/197
Roads length	1,849 mi	42,049 mi
Land borders length	165.3 mi	3,755 mi
Coastline length	100 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Brunei vs Zambia size on the map

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

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