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Finland's area vs the Vatican's: size comparison by land type

Updated on by Georank team

Finland is 690,772 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 130,687 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Finland is 117,360 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 690,818 times difference in territory size.

  • Finland is ranked 66/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
  • Finland occupies 0.2% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

Total size and land area comparison

Finland Vatican
Total area 130,687
sq mi
0.19
sq mi
Size difference ratio 690,772 1
Total area rank 66/197 197/197
Share of all countries' surface area 0.07% 0.0000001%
Land area 117,360
sq mi
0.17
sq mi
Land area difference ratio 690,818 1
Land area rank 70/197 197/197
Share of all countries' land area 0.2% 0.0000003%
Population 5,637,214 1,000
Population density 48 ppl/mi² 5,886 ppl/mi²

Size of territories by type

Finland Vatican
Forest area 86,522
sq mi
n/a
Forest area as share of land 73.7% n/a
Forest area rank 26/196 n/a
World's forests share 0.55% n/a
Agricultural land area
8,734
sq mi
n/a
Agricultural land share 7.44% n/a
Agricultural land area rank 114/194 n/a
Share of global agricultural land 0.05% n/a
Arable land
8,664
sq mi
n/a
Arable land share 7.38% n/a
Arable land area rank 80/191 n/a
Permanent cropland
19.3
sq mi
n/a
Permanent cropland share 0.02% n/a
Permanent cropland area rank 162/192 n/a
Water area
13,328
sq mi
0.02
sq mi
Water as share of total area 10.2% 10.2%
Water area rank 16/197 168/197
Roads length 282,103
mi
5.59
mi
Borders length 1,593
mi
2.11
mi
Coastline length 777
mi
0
mi
Share of marine protected waters 11.8% n/a

Finland vs Vatican size on the map

Land area in square miles

Land area

The map above outlines the borders of Finland and the Vatican 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 gets. More about countries' size projections.

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