Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Haiti size comparison [2026]

Ethiopia is 39.8 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 426,373 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 40.9 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 144/197 for Haiti.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Haiti.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 65.1% in Haiti.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Haiti has 0.04%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 12.3% in Haiti.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.008% are in Haiti.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Haiti

See how Ethiopia and Haiti 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	Haiti
Total area	426,373 sq mi	10,714 sq mi
Size difference ratio	39.8	1
Total area rank	26/197	144/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.005%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	10,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	40.9	1
Land area rank	25/197	142/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.02%
Population	132,059,767	11,772,557
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	1,132 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Haiti
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	12.3%
Forest area rank	40/196	146/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	6,931 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	65.1%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	123/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.04%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	3,880 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	19/191	108/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	1,158 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	10.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	68/192
Water area	0 sq mi	73.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.68%
Water area rank	175/197	130/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	2,651 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	233.6 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.8%

Ethiopia vs Haiti 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 Haiti 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.