Total & land area: Colombia vs Romania size comparison

Colombia is 4.79 times bigger by total area compared to Romania: 440,831 sq mi vs 92,046 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 88,834 sq mi for Romania — a 4.82 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 81/197 for Romania.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Romania.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 55.3% in Romania.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Romania has 0.27%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 30.1% in Romania.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.17% are in Romania.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Romania

See how Colombia and Romania 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	Romania
Total area	440,831 sq mi	92,046 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4.79	1
Total area rank	25/197	81/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.05%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	88,834 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.82	1
Land area rank	26/197	80/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.15%
Population	52,886,363	19,051,804
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	212.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Romania
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	26,753 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	30.1%
Forest area rank	13/196	64/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.17%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	49,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	55.3%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	65/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.27%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	32,460 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	73/191	29/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	1,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	1.76%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	58/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	3,211 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	3.49%
Water area rank	17/197	51/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	53,964 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	1,767 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	22.1%

Colombia vs Romania 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 Romania 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.