Total & land area: Cuba vs Haiti size comparison [2026]

Cuba is 3.96 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 42,426 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Cuba is 40,077 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 3.77 times difference in territory size.

Cuba ranks 104/197 by total surface area vs 144/197 for Haiti.
Cuba occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Haiti.
61.7% of Cuba's area is agricultural land vs 65.1% in Haiti.
Cuba has 0.13% of the world's agricultural land area — Haiti has 0.04%.
31.2% of Cuba is covered by forests, compared to 12.3% in Haiti.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Cuba, and 0.008% are in Haiti.

True size map comparison: Cuba vs Haiti

See how Cuba and Haiti 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

	Cuba	Haiti
Total area	42,426 sq mi	10,714 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.96	1
Total area rank	104/197	144/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.005%
Land area	40,077 sq mi	10,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.77	1
Land area rank	103/197	142/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.02%
Population	10,979,783	11,772,557
Population density	271.8 ppl/mi²	1,132 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Cuba	Haiti
Forest area	12,517 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	31.2%	12.3%
Forest area rank	87/196	146/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	24,714 sq mi	6,931 sq mi
Agricultural land share	61.7%	65.1%
Agricultural land area rank	80/194	123/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.13%	0.04%
Arable land	11,230 sq mi	3,880 sq mi
Arable land share	28%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	68/191	108/191
Permanent cropland	2,521 sq mi	1,158 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	6.29%	10.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	48/192	68/192
Water area	2,349 sq mi	73.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.54%	0.68%
Water area rank	60/197	130/197
Roads length	n/a	2,651 mi
Land borders length	17.7 mi	233.6 mi
Coastline length	2,321 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	4.2%	1.8%

Cuba vs Haiti 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 Cuba and Haiti 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.