Total & land area: Dominica vs Ethiopia size comparison

Ethiopia is 1,470 times bigger by total area compared to Dominica: 426,373 sq mi vs 290 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 289.6 sq mi for Dominica — a 1,505 times difference in territory size.

Dominica ranks 175/197 by total surface area vs 26/197 for Ethiopia.
Dominica occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.76% for Ethiopia.
33.3% of Dominica's area is agricultural land vs 34.1% in Ethiopia.
Dominica has 0.0005% of the world's agricultural land area — Ethiopia has 0.81%.
63.8% of Dominica is covered by forests, compared to 14.9% in Ethiopia.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Dominica, and 0.42% are in Ethiopia.

True size map comparison: Dominica vs Ethiopia

See how Dominica and Ethiopia 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

	Dominica	Ethiopia
Total area	290 sq mi	426,373 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1,470
Total area rank	175/197	26/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0001%	0.22%
Land area	289.6 sq mi	435,716 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1,505
Land area rank	175/197	25/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.76%
Population	66,205	132,059,767
Population density	226.3 ppl/mi²	319 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Dominica	Ethiopia
Forest area	184.8 sq mi	65,056 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.8%	14.9%
Forest area rank	163/196	40/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.42%
Agricultural land area	96.5 sq mi	148,483 sq mi
Agricultural land share	33.3%	34.1%
Agricultural land area rank	173/194	34/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0005%	0.81%
Arable land	23.2 sq mi	63,321 sq mi
Arable land share	8%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	172/191	19/191
Permanent cropland	65.6 sq mi	7,942 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	22.7%	1.82%
Permanent cropland area rank	148/192	21/192
Water area	0.42 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	0%
Water area rank	160/197	175/197
Roads length	940 mi	74,671 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,682 mi
Coastline length	92 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Dominica vs Ethiopia 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 Dominica and Ethiopia 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.