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

Ethiopia is 30.5 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 426,373 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 31.2 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Taiwan

See how Ethiopia and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	426,373 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	30.5	1
Total area rank	26/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.007%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	31.2	1
Land area rank	25/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.02%
Population	132,059,767	23,331,886
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Taiwan
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	60.8%
Forest area rank	40/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.02%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	14.5%	n/a
Arable land area rank	19/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	79/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	175/197	193/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Ethiopia vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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