Total & land area: Comoros vs Kiribati size comparison

Comoros is 2.51 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 785 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Comoros is 719 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 2.3 times difference in territory size.

Comoros ranks 171/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Comoros occupies 0.001% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
71.5% of Comoros' area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Comoros has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
17% of Comoros is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.0008% of the world's forests are in Comoros, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Comoros vs Kiribati

See how Comoros and Kiribati 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	Kiribati
Total area	785 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.51	1
Total area rank	171/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0004%	0.0002%
Land area	719 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.3	1
Land area rank	171/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.001%	0.0005%
Population	866,628	134,518
Population density	1,252 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Comoros	Kiribati
Forest area	122 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17%	1.46%
Forest area rank	170/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.0008%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	71.5%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	159/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.0007%
Arable land	251 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	34.9%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	154/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	204.6 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	28.5%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	122/192	137/192
Water area	66.8 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	8.51%	0.12%
Water area rank	131/197	163/197
Roads length	547 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	211.3 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.4%	11.9%

Comoros vs Kiribati 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 Kiribati 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.