Total & land area: Colombia vs Comoros size comparison

Colombia is 561 times bigger by total area compared to Comoros: 440,831 sq mi vs 785 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 719 sq mi for Comoros — a 596 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 171/197 for Comoros.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.001% for Comoros.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 71.5% in Comoros.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Comoros has 0.003%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 17% in Comoros.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.0008% are in Comoros.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Comoros

See how Colombia and Comoros 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

	Colombia	Comoros
Total area	440,831 sq mi	785 sq mi
Size difference ratio	561	1
Total area rank	25/197	171/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.0004%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	719 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	596	1
Land area rank	26/197	171/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.001%
Population	52,886,363	866,628
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	1,252 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Comoros
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	122 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	17%
Forest area rank	13/196	170/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.0008%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	71.5%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	159/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.003%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	251 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	34.9%
Arable land area rank	73/191	154/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	204.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	28.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	122/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	66.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	8.51%
Water area rank	17/197	131/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	547 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	211.3 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	0.4%

Colombia vs Comoros 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 Colombia and Comoros 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.