Total & land area: Japan vs Tunisia size comparison [2026]

Japan is 2.31 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 145,936 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Japan is 140,761 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 2.35 times difference in territory size.

Japan ranks 62/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Japan occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
12.6% of Japan's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Japan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
68.4% of Japan is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.62% of the world's forests are in Japan, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Japan vs Tunisia

See how Japan and Tunisia 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

	Japan	Tunisia
Total area	145,936 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.31	1
Total area rank	62/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.03%
Land area	140,761 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.35	1
Land area rank	61/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.1%
Population	123,975,371	12,277,109
Population density	872 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Japan	Tunisia
Forest area	96,275 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	68.4%	4.55%
Forest area rank	23/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.62%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	17,788 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	12.6%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	92/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.2%
Arable land	15,614 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	11.1%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	56/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	981 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.7%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	75/192	20/192
Water area	5,175 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.55%	5.04%
Water area rank	37/197	52/197
Roads length	757,310 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	18,486 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	13.8%	1.1%

Japan vs Tunisia 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 Japan and Tunisia 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.