Total & land area: East Timor vs Kiribati size comparison

East Timor is 18.4 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 5,760 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of East Timor is 5,741 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 18.4 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Kiribati

See how East Timor 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

	East Timor	Kiribati
Total area	5,760 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	18.4	1
Total area rank	155/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.0002%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	18.4	1
Land area rank	155/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.0005%
Population	1,400,638	134,518
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Kiribati
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	1.46%
Forest area rank	127/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.0007%
Arable land	431 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	146/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	137/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	0.12%
Water area rank	140/197	163/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	11.9%

East Timor 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 East Timor 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.