Total & land area: Eswatini vs Kiribati size comparison

Eswatini is 21.4 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 6,704 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Eswatini is 6,641 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 21.2 times difference in territory size.

Eswatini ranks 154/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Eswatini occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
69.5% of Eswatini's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Eswatini has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
29.1% of Eswatini is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.01% of the world's forests are in Eswatini, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Eswatini vs Kiribati

See how Eswatini and Kiribati 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

	Eswatini	Kiribati
Total area	6,704 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21.4	1
Total area rank	154/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.0002%
Land area	6,641 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	21.2	1
Land area rank	154/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.0005%
Population	1,242,822	134,518
Population density	191.2 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Eswatini	Kiribati
Forest area	1,935 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	29.1%	1.46%
Forest area rank	140/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	4,614 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	69.5%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	136/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.0007%
Arable land	683 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	141/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	69.5 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.05%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	147/192	137/192
Water area	63.3 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	0.12%
Water area rank	132/197	163/197
Roads length	2,342 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	339 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	11.9%

Eswatini vs Kiribati 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 Eswatini and Kiribati 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.