Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Myanmar size comparison

Ethiopia is 1.63 times bigger by total area compared to Myanmar: 426,373 sq mi vs 261,228 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 251,997 sq mi for Myanmar — a 1.73 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Myanmar

See how Ethiopia and Myanmar 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	Myanmar
Total area	426,373 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.63	1
Total area rank	26/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.13%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.73	1
Land area rank	25/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.44%
Population	132,059,767	54,500,091
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Myanmar
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	42.4%
Forest area rank	40/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.27%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	19/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	28/192
Water area	0 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	3.53%
Water area rank	175/197	25/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.5%

Ethiopia vs Myanmar 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 Myanmar 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.