Total & land area: Iceland vs Romania size comparison [2026]

Romania is 2.31 times bigger by total area compared to Iceland: 92,046 sq mi vs 39,770 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Romania is 88,834 sq mi vs 38,931 sq mi for Iceland — a 2.28 times difference in territory size.

Iceland ranks 106/197 by total surface area vs 81/197 for Romania.
Iceland occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Romania.
16.2% of Iceland's area is agricultural land vs 55.3% in Romania.
Iceland has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Romania has 0.27%.
0.53% of Iceland is covered by forests, compared to 30.1% in Romania.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Iceland, and 0.17% are in Romania.

True size map comparison: Iceland vs Romania

See how Iceland and Romania 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	Romania
Total area	39,770 sq mi	92,046 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.31
Total area rank	106/197	81/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.05%
Land area	38,931 sq mi	88,834 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.28
Land area rank	104/197	80/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.15%
Population	386,506	19,051,804
Population density	10.2 ppl/mi²	212.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Iceland	Romania
Forest area	205.8 sq mi	26,753 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.53%	30.1%
Forest area rank	161/196	64/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.17%
Agricultural land area	6,324 sq mi	49,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.2%	55.3%
Agricultural land area rank	127/194	65/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.27%
Arable land	467 sq mi	32,460 sq mi
Arable land share	1.2%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	144/191	29/191
Permanent cropland	n/a	1,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	n/a	1.76%
Permanent cropland area rank	n/a	58/192
Water area	839 sq mi	3,211 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.11%	3.49%
Water area rank	93/197	51/197
Roads length	8,014 mi	53,964 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,767 mi
Coastline length	3,088 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	22.1%

Iceland vs Romania size on the map

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

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