Total & land area: Jordan vs Kiribati size comparison [2026]

Jordan is 110.2 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 34,495 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Jordan is 34,284 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 109.6 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Kiribati

See how Jordan and Kiribati 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

	Jordan	Kiribati
Total area	34,495 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	110.2	1
Total area rank	110/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.0002%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	109.6	1
Land area rank	110/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.0005%
Population	11,552,876	134,518
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Kiribati
Forest area	376 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	1.46%
Forest area rank	159/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.0007%
Arable land	788 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	139/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	137/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	0.12%
Water area rank	115/197	163/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	11.9%

Jordan vs Kiribati size on the map

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

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