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

Niger is 7 times bigger by total area compared to Cambodia: 489,191 sq mi vs 69,898 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 68,155 sq mi for Cambodia — a 7.18 times difference in territory size.

Cambodia ranks 88/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Cambodia occupies 0.12% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
34.9% of Cambodia's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Cambodia has 0.13% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
43.1% of Cambodia is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.19% of the world's forests are in Cambodia, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Cambodia vs Niger

See how Cambodia 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

	Cambodia	Niger
Total area	69,898 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7
Total area rank	88/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.25%
Land area	68,155 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	7.18
Land area rank	88/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.12%	0.85%
Population	17,638,801	27,032,412
Population density	265 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Cambodia	Niger
Forest area	29,349 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.1%	0.82%
Forest area rank	60/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.19%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	23,762 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.9%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	81/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.13%	0.98%
Arable land	15,908 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	23.3%	14%
Arable land area rank	55/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	2,063 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.03%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	53/192	100/192
Water area	1,743 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.49%	0.02%
Water area rank	67/197	124/197
Roads length	34,175 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	1,572 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	275.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.5%	n/a

Cambodia 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 Cambodia 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.