Total & land area: Burundi vs Colombia size comparison

Colombia is 41 times bigger by total area compared to Burundi: 440,831 sq mi vs 10,747 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 9,915 sq mi for Burundi — a 43.2 times difference in territory size.

Burundi ranks 143/197 by total surface area vs 25/197 for Colombia.
Burundi occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.74% for Colombia.
83.9% of Burundi's area is agricultural land vs 36.5% in Colombia.
Burundi has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Colombia has 0.85%.
10.9% of Burundi is covered by forests, compared to 52.8% in Colombia.
0.007% of the world's forests are in Burundi, and 1.45% are in Colombia.

True size map comparison: Burundi vs Colombia

See how Burundi and Colombia 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

	Burundi	Colombia
Total area	10,747 sq mi	440,831 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	41
Total area rank	143/197	25/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.22%
Land area	9,915 sq mi	428,380 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	43.2
Land area rank	144/197	26/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.74%
Population	14,047,786	52,886,363
Population density	1,487 ppl/mi²	126 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Burundi	Colombia
Forest area	1,080 sq mi	226,040 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	10.9%	52.8%
Forest area rank	150/196	13/196
World's forests share	0.007%	1.45%
Agricultural land area	8,317 sq mi	156,306 sq mi
Agricultural land share	83.9%	36.5%
Agricultural land area rank	116/194	27/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.85%
Arable land	5,101 sq mi	9,843 sq mi
Arable land share	51.4%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	97/191	73/191
Permanent cropland	1,351 sq mi	9,443 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.6%	2.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	63/192	16/192
Water area	832 sq mi	12,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	7.74%	2.82%
Water area rank	94/197	17/197
Roads length	7,657 mi	127,001 mi
Land borders length	708 mi	4,146 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,993 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	41.1%

Burundi vs Colombia 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 Burundi and Colombia 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.