Total & land area: Comoros vs East Timor size comparison

East Timor is 7.33 times bigger by total area compared to Comoros: 5,760 sq mi vs 785 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of East Timor is 5,741 sq mi vs 719 sq mi for Comoros — a 7.99 times difference in territory size.

Comoros ranks 171/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Comoros occupies 0.001% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
71.5% of Comoros' area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Comoros has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
17% of Comoros is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
0.0008% of the world's forests are in Comoros, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Comoros vs East Timor

See how Comoros 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

	Comoros	East Timor
Total area	785 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7.33
Total area rank	171/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0004%	0.003%
Land area	719 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	7.99
Land area rank	171/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.001%	0.01%
Population	866,628	1,400,638
Population density	1,252 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Comoros	East Timor
Forest area	122 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17%	61.7%
Forest area rank	170/196	127/196
World's forests share	0.0008%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	71.5%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	159/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.007%
Arable land	251 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	34.9%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	154/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	204.6 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	28.5%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	122/192	110/192
Water area	66.8 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	8.51%	0.33%
Water area rank	131/197	140/197
Roads length	547 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	211.3 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.4%	0.7%

Comoros 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 Comoros 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.