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

Myanmar is 14.9 times bigger by total area compared to Estonia: 261,228 sq mi vs 17,504 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 16,498 sq mi for Estonia — a 15.3 times difference in territory size.

Estonia ranks 129/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Estonia occupies 0.03% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
23.1% of Estonia's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Estonia has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
57.1% of Estonia is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.06% of the world's forests are in Estonia, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Estonia vs Myanmar

See how Estonia 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

	Estonia	Myanmar
Total area	17,504 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	14.9
Total area rank	129/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.009%	0.13%
Land area	16,498 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	15.3
Land area rank	129/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.03%	0.44%
Population	1,372,341	54,500,091
Population density	81.2 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Estonia	Myanmar
Forest area	9,415 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	57.1%	42.4%
Forest area rank	99/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.06%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	3,815 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23.1%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	140/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.27%
Arable land	2,745 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	16.6%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	118/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	15.4 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.09%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	164/192	28/192
Water area	1,006 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.75%	3.53%
Water area rank	86/197	25/197
Roads length	n/a	97,555 mi
Land borders length	408 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	2,357 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	19.3%	0.5%

Estonia 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 Estonia 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.