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

Ethiopia is 3.66 times bigger by total area compared to Italy: 426,373 sq mi vs 116,629 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 114,178 sq mi for Italy — a 3.82 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 72/197 for Italy.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.2% for Italy.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 44.3% in Italy.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Italy has 0.27%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 32.9% in Italy.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.24% are in Italy.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Italy

See how Ethiopia and Italy 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	Italy
Total area	426,373 sq mi	116,629 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.66	1
Total area rank	26/197	72/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.06%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	114,178 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.82	1
Land area rank	25/197	72/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.2%
Population	132,059,767	58,952,704
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	513 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Italy
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	37,558 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	32.9%
Forest area rank	40/196	54/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.24%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	50,531 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	44.3%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	62/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.27%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	27,353 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	24%
Arable land area rank	19/191	35/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	9,265 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	8.11%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	17/192
Water area	0 sq mi	2,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	2.1%
Water area rank	175/197	58/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	303,043 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	1,141 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	4,722 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	10.7%

Ethiopia vs Italy 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 Italy 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.