Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Tunisia size comparison

Ethiopia is 6.75 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 426,373 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 7.26 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Tunisia

See how Ethiopia and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	426,373 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.75	1
Total area rank	26/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.03%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.26	1
Land area rank	25/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.1%
Population	132,059,767	12,277,109
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Tunisia
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	4.55%
Forest area rank	40/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.2%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	19/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	20/192
Water area	0 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	5.04%
Water area rank	175/197	52/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.1%

Ethiopia vs Tunisia 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 Tunisia 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.