Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Slovenia size comparison

Ethiopia is 54.5 times bigger by total area compared to Slovenia: 426,373 sq mi vs 7,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 7,774 sq mi for Slovenia — a 56 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 151/197 for Slovenia.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for Slovenia.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 30.4% in Slovenia.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Slovenia has 0.01%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 61.2% in Slovenia.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.03% are in Slovenia.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Slovenia

See how Ethiopia and Slovenia 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	Slovenia
Total area	426,373 sq mi	7,827 sq mi
Size difference ratio	54.5	1
Total area rank	26/197	151/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.004%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	7,774 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	56	1
Land area rank	25/197	151/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.01%
Population	132,059,767	2,127,400
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	273.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Slovenia
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	4,756 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	61.2%
Forest area rank	40/196	118/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	2,360 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	30.4%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	147/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.01%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	691 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	8.88%
Arable land area rank	19/191	140/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	210.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	2.71%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	121/192
Water area	0 sq mi	52.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.67%
Water area rank	175/197	136/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	24,224 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	752 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	29 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.9%

Ethiopia vs Slovenia 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 Slovenia 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.