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

Niger is 45.5 times bigger by total area compared to Burundi: 489,191 sq mi vs 10,747 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 9,915 sq mi for Burundi — a 49.3 times difference in territory size.

Burundi ranks 143/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Burundi occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
83.9% of Burundi's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Burundi has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
10.9% of Burundi is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.007% of the world's forests are in Burundi, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Burundi vs Niger

See how Burundi 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

	Burundi	Niger
Total area	10,747 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	45.5
Total area rank	143/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.25%
Land area	9,915 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	49.3
Land area rank	144/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.85%
Population	14,047,786	27,032,412
Population density	1,487 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Burundi	Niger
Forest area	1,080 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	10.9%	0.82%
Forest area rank	150/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.007%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	8,317 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	83.9%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	116/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.98%
Arable land	5,101 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	51.4%	14%
Arable land area rank	97/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	1,351 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.6%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	63/192	100/192
Water area	832 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	7.74%	0.02%
Water area rank	94/197	124/197
Roads length	7,657 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	708 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Burundi vs Niger 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 Niger 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.