Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Guatemala size comparison

Ethiopia is 10.1 times bigger by total area compared to Guatemala: 426,373 sq mi vs 42,042 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 41,375 sq mi for Guatemala — a 10.5 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 105/197 for Guatemala.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Guatemala.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 43% in Guatemala.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Guatemala has 0.1%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 32.6% in Guatemala.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.09% are in Guatemala.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Guatemala

See how Ethiopia and Guatemala 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

	Ethiopia	Guatemala
Total area	426,373 sq mi	42,042 sq mi
Size difference ratio	10.1	1
Total area rank	26/197	105/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.02%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	41,375 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	10.5	1
Land area rank	25/197	102/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.07%
Population	132,059,767	18,406,359
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	459 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Guatemala
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	13,487 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	32.6%
Forest area rank	40/196	84/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.09%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	17,807 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	43%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	91/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.1%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	6,000 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	19/191	90/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	4,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	11%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	32/192
Water area	0 sq mi	668 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.59%
Water area rank	175/197	98/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	10,949 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	1,036 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	248.5 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.9%

Ethiopia vs Guatemala 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 Ethiopia and Guatemala 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.