Total & land area: Colombia vs East Timor size comparison

Colombia is 76.5 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 440,831 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 74.6 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs East Timor

See how Colombia and East Timor 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	East Timor
Total area	440,831 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	76.5	1
Total area rank	25/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.003%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	74.6	1
Land area rank	26/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.01%
Population	52,886,363	1,400,638
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	East Timor
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	61.7%
Forest area rank	13/196	127/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.007%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	73/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	110/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	0.33%
Water area rank	17/197	140/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	0.7%

Colombia vs East Timor 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 East Timor 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.