Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Vanuatu size comparison

Ethiopia is 90.6 times bigger by total area compared to Vanuatu: 426,373 sq mi vs 4,707 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu — a 92.6 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 158/197 for Vanuatu.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.008% for Vanuatu.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 15.3% in Vanuatu.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Vanuatu has 0.004%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 36.3% in Vanuatu.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.01% are in Vanuatu.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Vanuatu

See how Ethiopia and Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
Total area	426,373 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Size difference ratio	90.6	1
Total area rank	26/197	158/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.002%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	92.6	1
Land area rank	25/197	157/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.008%
Population	132,059,767	327,777
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	72.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Vanuatu
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	1,708 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	36.3%
Forest area rank	40/196	141/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	722 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	15.3%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	156/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.004%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	77.2 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	1.64%
Arable land area rank	19/191	165/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	483 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	10.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	99/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	175/197	196/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	665 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,571 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Ethiopia vs Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu 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.