Total & land area: Colombia vs Niger size comparison [2026]

Niger is 1.11 times bigger by total area compared to Colombia: 489,191 sq mi vs 440,831 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 428,380 sq mi for Colombia — a 1.14 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Niger

See how Colombia and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	440,831 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.11
Total area rank	25/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.25%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.14
Land area rank	26/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.85%
Population	52,886,363	27,032,412
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Niger
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	0.82%
Forest area rank	13/196	124/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.98%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	14%
Arable land area rank	73/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	100/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	0.02%
Water area rank	17/197	124/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	n/a

Colombia vs Niger 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 Niger 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.