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

Spain is 18.2 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 195,364 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Spain is 192,934 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 18.1 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 50/197 for Spain.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.34% for Spain.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 49.6% in Spain.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Spain has 0.52%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 37.2% in Spain.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.46% are in Spain.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs Spain

See how Haiti and Spain 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	Spain
Total area	10,714 sq mi	195,364 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	18.2
Total area rank	144/197	50/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.1%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	192,934 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	18.1
Land area rank	142/197	51/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.34%
Population	11,772,557	48,848,840
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	253 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	Spain
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	71,757 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	37.2%
Forest area rank	146/196	33/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	95,648 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	49.6%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	45/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.52%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	44,389 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	23%
Arable land area rank	108/191	26/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	19,729 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	10.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	10/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	2,430 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	1.24%
Water area rank	130/197	59/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	424,505 mi
Land borders length	233.6 mi	1,213 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	3,084 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	12.8%

Haiti vs Spain size on the map

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

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