Total & land area: Indonesia vs Mozambique size comparison

Indonesia is 2.38 times bigger by total area compared to Mozambique: 735,359 sq mi vs 309,496 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Indonesia is 730,720 sq mi vs 303,623 sq mi for Mozambique — a 2.41 times difference in territory size.

Indonesia ranks 14/197 by total surface area vs 35/197 for Mozambique.
Indonesia occupies 1.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.53% for Mozambique.
29.1% of Indonesia's area is agricultural land vs 52.8% in Mozambique.
Indonesia has 1.15% of the world's agricultural land area — Mozambique has 0.87%.
47.7% of Indonesia is covered by forests, compared to 45.8% in Mozambique.
2.24% of the world's forests are in Indonesia, and 0.89% are in Mozambique.

True size map comparison: Indonesia vs Mozambique

See how Indonesia and Mozambique 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

	Indonesia	Mozambique
Total area	735,359 sq mi	309,496 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.38	1
Total area rank	14/197	35/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.37%	0.16%
Land area	730,720 sq mi	303,623 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.41	1
Land area rank	14/197	34/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.27%	0.53%
Population	283,487,931	34,631,766
Population density	394 ppl/mi²	120.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Indonesia	Mozambique
Forest area	348,714 sq mi	139,099 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.7%	45.8%
Forest area rank	8/196	18/196
World's forests share	2.24%	0.89%
Agricultural land area	212,828 sq mi	160,280 sq mi
Agricultural land share	29.1%	52.8%
Agricultural land area rank	16/194	23/194
Share of global agricultural land	1.15%	0.87%
Arable land	68,660 sq mi	21,815 sq mi
Arable land share	9.4%	7.18%
Arable land area rank	16/191	43/191
Permanent cropland	101,697 sq mi	1,539 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.9%	0.51%
Permanent cropland area rank	1/192	59/192
Water area	4,639 sq mi	5,873 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.63%	1.9%
Water area rank	42/197	32/197
Roads length	340,572 mi	19,314 mi
Land borders length	1,838 mi	2,972 mi
Coastline length	33,999 mi	1,535 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3%	2.2%

Indonesia vs Mozambique 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 Indonesia and Mozambique 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.