Total & land area: Israel vs Mali size comparison [2026]

Mali is 59.7 times bigger by total area compared to Israel: 478,841 sq mi vs 8,019 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mali is 471,118 sq mi vs 8,355 sq mi for Israel — a 56.4 times difference in territory size.

Israel ranks 150/197 by total surface area vs 23/197 for Mali.
Israel occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.82% for Mali.
24.8% of Israel's area is agricultural land vs 35.5% in Mali.
Israel has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Mali has 0.91%.
6.47% of Israel is covered by forests, compared to 10.9% in Mali.
0.003% of the world's forests are in Israel, and 0.33% are in Mali.

True size map comparison: Israel vs Mali

See how Israel and Mali 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

	Israel	Mali
Total area	8,019 sq mi	478,841 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	59.7
Total area rank	150/197	23/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.24%
Land area	8,355 sq mi	471,118 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	56.4
Land area rank	149/197	23/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.82%
Population	9,974,400	24,478,595
Population density	1,227 ppl/mi²	55.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Israel	Mali
Forest area	541 sq mi	51,336 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	6.47%	10.9%
Forest area rank	158/196	47/196
World's forests share	0.003%	0.33%
Agricultural land area	2,072 sq mi	167,103 sq mi
Agricultural land share	24.8%	35.5%
Agricultural land area rank	148/194	22/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.91%
Arable land	1,048 sq mi	32,205 sq mi
Arable land share	12.5%	6.84%
Arable land area rank	137/191	30/191
Permanent cropland	391 sq mi	1,152 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	4.68%	0.24%
Permanent cropland area rank	103/192	69/192
Water area	0 sq mi	7,723 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.61%
Water area rank	176/197	28/197
Roads length	12,670 mi	86,437 mi
Land borders length	664 mi	4,914 mi
Coastline length	169.6 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	n/a

Israel vs Mali size on the map

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

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