Total & land area: East Timor vs Portugal size comparison

Portugal is 6.18 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 35,608 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Portugal is 35,369 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 6.16 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Portugal

See how East Timor and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	5,760 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.18
Total area rank	155/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.02%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.16
Land area rank	155/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.06%
Population	1,400,638	10,694,681
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Portugal
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	36.2%
Forest area rank	127/196	86/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.08%
Arable land	431 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	146/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	41/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	0.67%
Water area rank	140/197	111/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	n/a
Land borders length	157.2 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	16.8%

East Timor vs Portugal 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 Portugal 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.