Total & land area: East Timor vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 63.5 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 365,756 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 59.6 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Tanzania

See how East Timor and Tanzania 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	Tanzania
Total area	5,760 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	63.5
Total area rank	155/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.19%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	59.6
Land area rank	155/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.59%
Population	1,400,638	68,560,157
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Tanzania
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	50.1%
Forest area rank	127/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.02%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.83%
Arable land	431 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	146/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	22/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	6.49%
Water area rank	140/197	11/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	2.3%

East Timor vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.