Total & land area: Eritrea vs Myanmar size comparison [2026]

Myanmar is 5.75 times bigger by total area compared to Eritrea: 261,228 sq mi vs 45,406 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 46,787 sq mi for Eritrea — a 5.39 times difference in territory size.

Eritrea ranks 99/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Eritrea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
62.7% of Eritrea's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Eritrea has 0.16% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
8.63% of Eritrea is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Eritrea, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Eritrea vs Myanmar

See how Eritrea and Myanmar 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

	Eritrea	Myanmar
Total area	45,406 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.75
Total area rank	99/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.13%
Land area	46,787 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.39
Land area rank	96/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.44%
Population	3,535,603	54,500,091
Population density	78.6 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Eritrea	Myanmar
Forest area	4,038 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	8.63%	42.4%
Forest area rank	123/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	29,313 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.7%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	79/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.16%	0.27%
Arable land	2,664 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	5.69%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	119/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.02%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	175/192	28/192
Water area	0 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	3.53%
Water area rank	174/197	25/197
Roads length	9,942 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	1,143 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	1,388 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	0.5%

Eritrea vs Myanmar 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 Eritrea and Myanmar 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.