Total & land area: Iceland vs Luxembourg size comparison

Iceland is 39.8 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 39,770 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Iceland is 38,931 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 39.2 times difference in territory size.

Iceland ranks 106/197 by total surface area vs 169/197 for Luxembourg.
Iceland occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Luxembourg.
16.2% of Iceland's area is agricultural land vs 51.7% in Luxembourg.
Iceland has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Luxembourg has 0.003%.
0.53% of Iceland is covered by forests, compared to 34.5% in Luxembourg.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Iceland, and 0.002% are in Luxembourg.

True size map comparison: Iceland vs Luxembourg

See how Iceland and Luxembourg 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

	Iceland	Luxembourg
Total area	39,770 sq mi	999 sq mi
Size difference ratio	39.8	1
Total area rank	106/197	169/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.0005%
Land area	38,931 sq mi	994 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	39.2	1
Land area rank	104/197	169/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.002%
Population	386,506	677,012
Population density	10.2 ppl/mi²	696 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Iceland	Luxembourg
Forest area	205.8 sq mi	342 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.53%	34.5%
Forest area rank	161/196	160/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	6,324 sq mi	514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.2%	51.7%
Agricultural land area rank	127/194	160/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.003%
Arable land	467 sq mi	236.8 sq mi
Arable land share	1.2%	23.8%
Arable land area rank	144/191	155/191
Permanent cropland	n/a	5.99 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	n/a	0.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	n/a	179/192
Water area	839 sq mi	4.59 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.11%	0.46%
Water area rank	93/197	146/197
Roads length	8,014 mi	1,786 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	203.2 mi
Coastline length	3,088 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	n/a

Iceland vs Luxembourg 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 Iceland and Luxembourg 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.