Total & land area: Colombia vs Luxembourg size comparison

Colombia is 441 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 440,831 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 431 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 169/197 for Luxembourg.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Luxembourg.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 51.7% in Luxembourg.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Luxembourg has 0.003%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 34.5% in Luxembourg.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.002% are in Luxembourg.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Luxembourg

See how Colombia and Luxembourg 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	Luxembourg
Total area	440,831 sq mi	999 sq mi
Size difference ratio	441	1
Total area rank	25/197	169/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.0005%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	994 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	431	1
Land area rank	26/197	169/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.002%
Population	52,886,363	677,012
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	696 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Luxembourg
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	342 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	34.5%
Forest area rank	13/196	160/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	51.7%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	160/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.003%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	236.8 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	23.8%
Arable land area rank	73/191	155/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	5.99 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	0.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	179/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	4.59 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	0.46%
Water area rank	17/197	146/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	1,786 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	203.2 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	n/a

Colombia vs Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg 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.