Total & land area: East Timor vs Italy size comparison

Italy is 20.2 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 116,629 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Italy is 114,178 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 19.9 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 72/197 for Italy.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.2% for Italy.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 44.3% in Italy.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Italy has 0.27%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 32.9% in Italy.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.24% are in Italy.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Italy

See how East Timor and Italy 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

	East Timor	Italy
Total area	5,760 sq mi	116,629 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	20.2
Total area rank	155/197	72/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.06%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	114,178 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	19.9
Land area rank	155/197	72/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.2%
Population	1,400,638	58,952,704
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	513 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Italy
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	37,558 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	32.9%
Forest area rank	127/196	54/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.24%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	50,531 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	44.3%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	62/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.27%
Arable land	431 sq mi	27,353 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	24%
Arable land area rank	146/191	35/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	9,265 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	8.11%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	17/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	2,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	2.1%
Water area rank	140/197	58/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	303,043 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	1,141 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	4,722 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	10.7%

East Timor vs Italy 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 East Timor and Italy 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.