Total & land area: East Timor vs Serbia size comparison

Serbia is 5.93 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 34,170 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Serbia is 32,467 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 5.66 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 111/197 for Serbia.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Serbia.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 40.4% in Serbia.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Serbia has 0.07%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Serbia.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.07% are in Serbia.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Serbia

See how East Timor and Serbia 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	Serbia
Total area	5,760 sq mi	34,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.93
Total area rank	155/197	111/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.02%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	32,467 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.66
Land area rank	155/197	111/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.06%
Population	1,400,638	6,586,476
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	200 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Serbia
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	10,516 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	32.4%
Forest area rank	127/196	94/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	13,112 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	40.4%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	102/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.07%
Arable land	431 sq mi	10,050 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	31%
Arable land area rank	146/191	71/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	826 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	2.54%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	81/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	1,702 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	4.98%
Water area rank	140/197	69/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	28,222 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	1,443 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	n/a

East Timor vs Serbia 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 Serbia 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.