Total & land area: Haiti vs Switzerland size comparison

Switzerland is 1.49 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 15,943 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Switzerland is 15,255 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 1.43 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs Switzerland

See how Haiti and Switzerland 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	Switzerland
Total area	10,714 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.49
Total area rank	144/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.008%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.43
Land area rank	142/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.03%
Population	11,772,557	9,005,582
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	Switzerland
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	32.4%
Forest area rank	146/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.03%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	10%
Arable land area rank	108/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	144/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	4.31%
Water area rank	130/197	96/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	233.6 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	n/a

Haiti vs Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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.