Total & land area: Cameroon vs Lebanon size comparison

Cameroon is 45.5 times bigger by total area compared to Lebanon: 183,569 sq mi vs 4,036 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Cameroon is 182,514 sq mi vs 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon — a 46.2 times difference in territory size.

Cameroon ranks 52/197 by total surface area vs 162/197 for Lebanon.
Cameroon occupies 0.32% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for Lebanon.
20.9% of Cameroon's area is agricultural land vs 65.9% in Lebanon.
Cameroon has 0.21% of the world's agricultural land area — Lebanon has 0.01%.
42.7% of Cameroon is covered by forests, compared to 14.2% in Lebanon.
0.5% of the world's forests are in Cameroon, and 0.004% are in Lebanon.

True size map comparison: Cameroon vs Lebanon

See how Cameroon and Lebanon 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

	Cameroon	Lebanon
Total area	183,569 sq mi	4,036 sq mi
Size difference ratio	45.5	1
Total area rank	52/197	162/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.09%	0.002%
Land area	182,514 sq mi	3,950 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	46.2	1
Land area rank	52/197	160/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.32%	0.007%
Population	29,123,744	5,805,962
Population density	168 ppl/mi²	1,492 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Cameroon	Lebanon
Forest area	77,886 sq mi	560 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	42.7%	14.2%
Forest area rank	30/196	157/196
World's forests share	0.5%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	38,212 sq mi	2,603 sq mi
Agricultural land share	20.9%	65.9%
Agricultural land area rank	71/194	145/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.21%	0.01%
Arable land	23,938 sq mi	518 sq mi
Arable land share	13.1%	13.1%
Arable land area rank	40/191	143/191
Permanent cropland	6,552 sq mi	541 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.59%	13.7%
Permanent cropland area rank	27/192	95/192
Water area	1,055 sq mi	85.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.57%	2.12%
Water area rank	83/197	127/197
Roads length	n/a	13,487 mi
Land borders length	3,118 mi	301 mi
Coastline length	249.8 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	11.4%	0.2%

Cameroon vs Lebanon 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 Cameroon and Lebanon 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.