Total & land area: East Timor vs Mongolia size comparison

Mongolia is 104.8 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 603,909 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mongolia is 601,740 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 104.8 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 18/197 for Mongolia.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.05% for Mongolia.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 69% in Mongolia.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Mongolia has 2.25%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 9.09% in Mongolia.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.35% are in Mongolia.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Mongolia

See how East Timor and Mongolia 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	Mongolia
Total area	5,760 sq mi	603,909 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	104.8
Total area rank	155/197	18/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.31%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	601,740 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	104.8
Land area rank	155/197	18/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	1.05%
Population	1,400,638	3,524,788
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Mongolia
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	54,709 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	9.09%
Forest area rank	127/196	46/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.35%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	414,933 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	69%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	11/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	2.25%
Arable land	431 sq mi	4,414 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	0.73%
Arable land area rank	146/191	103/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	22 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	0.004%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	160/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	2,168 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	0.36%
Water area rank	140/197	62/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	70,339 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	5,022 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	n/a

East Timor vs Mongolia 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 Mongolia 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.