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

Niger is 14.2 times bigger by total area compared to Jordan: 489,191 sq mi vs 34,495 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 34,284 sq mi for Jordan — a 14.3 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Niger

See how Jordan and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	34,495 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	14.2
Total area rank	110/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.25%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	14.3
Land area rank	110/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.85%
Population	11,552,876	27,032,412
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Niger
Forest area	376 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	0.82%
Forest area rank	159/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.98%
Arable land	788 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	14%
Arable land area rank	139/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	100/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	0.02%
Water area rank	115/197	124/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	n/a

Jordan vs Niger 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 Jordan and Niger 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.