Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Switzerland size comparison

Ethiopia is 26.7 times bigger by total area compared to Switzerland: 426,373 sq mi vs 15,943 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland — a 28.6 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Switzerland

See how Ethiopia and Switzerland 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	Switzerland
Total area	426,373 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	26.7	1
Total area rank	26/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.008%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	28.6	1
Land area rank	25/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.03%
Population	132,059,767	9,005,582
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Switzerland
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	32.4%
Forest area rank	40/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.03%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	10%
Arable land area rank	19/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	144/192
Water area	0 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.31%
Water area rank	175/197	96/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Ethiopia vs Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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.