Total & land area: Fiji vs Malawi size comparison [2026]

Malawi is 6.48 times bigger by total area compared to Fiji: 45,747 sq mi vs 7,056 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Malawi is 36,402 sq mi vs 7,054 sq mi for Fiji — a 5.16 times difference in territory size.

Fiji ranks 152/197 by total surface area vs 98/197 for Malawi.
Fiji occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Malawi.
17.1% of Fiji's area is agricultural land vs 64.2% in Malawi.
Fiji has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Malawi has 0.13%.
63.5% of Fiji is covered by forests, compared to 22.4% in Malawi.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Fiji, and 0.05% are in Malawi.

True size map comparison: Fiji vs Malawi

See how Fiji and Malawi 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

	Fiji	Malawi
Total area	7,056 sq mi	45,747 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.48
Total area rank	152/197	98/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.02%
Land area	7,054 sq mi	36,402 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.16
Land area rank	152/197	107/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.06%
Population	928,784	21,655,286
Population density	132.9 ppl/mi²	626 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Fiji	Malawi
Forest area	4,479 sq mi	8,169 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.5%	22.4%
Forest area rank	122/196	106/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	1,203 sq mi	23,359 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.1%	64.2%
Agricultural land area rank	154/194	82/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.13%
Arable land	296.5 sq mi	15,444 sq mi
Arable land share	4.2%	42.4%
Arable land area rank	152/191	59/191
Permanent cropland	238.6 sq mi	772 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.38%	2.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	119/192	87/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	9,345 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	20.4%
Water area rank	154/197	23/197
Roads length	2,138 mi	9,601 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,775 mi
Coastline length	702 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	n/a

Fiji vs Malawi size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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