Total & land area: Haiti vs Ireland size comparison [2026]

Ireland is 2.52 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 26,949 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ireland is 26,599 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 2.5 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 118/197 for Ireland.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Ireland.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 60.8% in Ireland.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Ireland has 0.09%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 11.5% in Ireland.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.02% are in Ireland.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs Ireland

See how Haiti and Ireland 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

	Haiti	Ireland
Total area	10,714 sq mi	26,949 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.52
Total area rank	144/197	118/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.01%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	26,599 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.5
Land area rank	142/197	119/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.05%
Population	11,772,557	5,395,790
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	207 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	Ireland
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	3,066 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	11.5%
Forest area rank	146/196	130/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	16,174 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	60.8%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	93/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.09%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	1,695 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	6.37%
Arable land area rank	108/191	128/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	0.01%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	183/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	350 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	1.3%
Water area rank	130/197	109/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	62,031 mi
Land borders length	233.6 mi	304 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	900 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	2.4%

Haiti vs Ireland 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 Haiti and Ireland 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.