Total & land area: Eswatini vs Lebanon size comparison

Eswatini is 1.66 times bigger by total area compared to Lebanon: 6,704 sq mi vs 4,036 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Eswatini is 6,641 sq mi vs 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon — a 1.68 times difference in territory size.

Eswatini ranks 154/197 by total surface area vs 162/197 for Lebanon.
Eswatini occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for Lebanon.
69.5% of Eswatini's area is agricultural land vs 65.9% in Lebanon.
Eswatini has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Lebanon has 0.01%.
29.1% of Eswatini is covered by forests, compared to 14.2% in Lebanon.
0.01% of the world's forests are in Eswatini, and 0.004% are in Lebanon.

True size map comparison: Eswatini vs Lebanon

See how Eswatini and Lebanon 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	Lebanon
Total area	6,704 sq mi	4,036 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.66	1
Total area rank	154/197	162/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.002%
Land area	6,641 sq mi	3,950 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.68	1
Land area rank	154/197	160/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.007%
Population	1,242,822	5,805,962
Population density	191.2 ppl/mi²	1,492 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Eswatini	Lebanon
Forest area	1,935 sq mi	560 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	29.1%	14.2%
Forest area rank	140/196	157/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	4,614 sq mi	2,603 sq mi
Agricultural land share	69.5%	65.9%
Agricultural land area rank	136/194	145/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.01%
Arable land	683 sq mi	518 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	13.1%
Arable land area rank	141/191	143/191
Permanent cropland	69.5 sq mi	541 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.05%	13.7%
Permanent cropland area rank	147/192	95/192
Water area	63.3 sq mi	85.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	2.12%
Water area rank	132/197	127/197
Roads length	2,342 mi	13,487 mi
Land borders length	339 mi	301 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.2%

Eswatini vs Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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.