Total & land area: East Timor vs Zambia size comparison

Zambia is 50.4 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 290,587 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zambia is 287,024 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 50 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 38/197 for Zambia.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.5% for Zambia.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 32.1% in Zambia.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Zambia has 0.5%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 59.5% in Zambia.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 1.1% are in Zambia.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Zambia

See how East Timor and Zambia 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	Zambia
Total area	5,760 sq mi	290,587 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	50.4
Total area rank	155/197	38/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.15%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	287,024 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	50
Land area rank	155/197	37/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.5%
Population	1,400,638	21,314,956
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	78.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Zambia
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	170,848 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	59.5%
Forest area rank	127/196	17/196
World's forests share	0.02%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	92,043 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	32.1%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	47/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.5%
Arable land	431 sq mi	14,672 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	5.11%
Arable land area rank	146/191	62/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	150.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	0.05%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	130/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	3,563 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	1.23%
Water area rank	140/197	48/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	42,049 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	3,755 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	n/a

East Timor vs Zambia 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 Zambia 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.