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

Zambia is 1.58 times bigger by total area compared to Cameroon: 290,587 sq mi vs 183,569 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zambia is 287,024 sq mi vs 182,514 sq mi for Cameroon — a 1.57 times difference in territory size.

Cameroon ranks 52/197 by total surface area vs 38/197 for Zambia.
Cameroon occupies 0.32% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.5% for Zambia.
20.9% of Cameroon's area is agricultural land vs 32.1% in Zambia.
Cameroon has 0.21% of the world's agricultural land area — Zambia has 0.5%.
42.7% of Cameroon is covered by forests, compared to 59.5% in Zambia.
0.5% of the world's forests are in Cameroon, and 1.1% are in Zambia.

True size map comparison: Cameroon vs Zambia

See how Cameroon 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

	Cameroon	Zambia
Total area	183,569 sq mi	290,587 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.58
Total area rank	52/197	38/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.09%	0.15%
Land area	182,514 sq mi	287,024 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.57
Land area rank	52/197	37/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.32%	0.5%
Population	29,123,744	21,314,956
Population density	168 ppl/mi²	78.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Cameroon	Zambia
Forest area	77,886 sq mi	170,848 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	42.7%	59.5%
Forest area rank	30/196	17/196
World's forests share	0.5%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	38,212 sq mi	92,043 sq mi
Agricultural land share	20.9%	32.1%
Agricultural land area rank	71/194	47/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.21%	0.5%
Arable land	23,938 sq mi	14,672 sq mi
Arable land share	13.1%	5.11%
Arable land area rank	40/191	62/191
Permanent cropland	6,552 sq mi	150.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.59%	0.05%
Permanent cropland area rank	27/192	130/192
Water area	1,055 sq mi	3,563 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.57%	1.23%
Water area rank	83/197	48/197
Roads length	n/a	42,049 mi
Land borders length	3,118 mi	3,755 mi
Coastline length	249.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	11.4%	n/a

Cameroon vs Zambia size on the map

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

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