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

Iceland is 2.85 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 39,770 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Iceland is 38,931 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 2.79 times difference in territory size.

Iceland ranks 106/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Iceland occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
16.2% of Iceland's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Iceland has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
0.53% of Iceland is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Iceland, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Iceland vs Taiwan

See how Iceland and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	39,770 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.85	1
Total area rank	106/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.007%
Land area	38,931 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.79	1
Land area rank	104/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.02%
Population	386,506	23,331,886
Population density	10.2 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Iceland	Taiwan
Forest area	205.8 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.53%	60.8%
Forest area rank	161/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	6,324 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.2%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	127/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.02%
Arable land	467 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	1.2%	n/a
Arable land area rank	144/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	n/a	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	n/a	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	n/a	79/192
Water area	839 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.11%	0%
Water area rank	93/197	193/197
Roads length	8,014 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	3,088 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	n/a

Iceland vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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