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

Haiti is 2.28 times bigger by total area compared to Vanuatu: 10,714 sq mi vs 4,707 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Haiti is 10,641 sq mi vs 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu — a 2.26 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 158/197 for Vanuatu.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.008% for Vanuatu.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 15.3% in Vanuatu.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Vanuatu has 0.004%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 36.3% in Vanuatu.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.01% are in Vanuatu.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs Vanuatu

See how Haiti and Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
Total area	10,714 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.28	1
Total area rank	144/197	158/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.002%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.26	1
Land area rank	142/197	157/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.008%
Population	11,772,557	327,777
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	72.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	Vanuatu
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	1,708 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	36.3%
Forest area rank	146/196	141/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	722 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	15.3%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	156/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.004%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	77.2 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	1.64%
Arable land area rank	108/191	165/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	483 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	10.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	99/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	0%
Water area rank	130/197	196/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	665 mi
Land borders length	233.6 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	1,571 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	0%

Haiti vs Vanuatu size on the map

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

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