Total & land area: Jordan vs Switzerland size comparison

Jordan is 2.16 times bigger by total area compared to Switzerland: 34,495 sq mi vs 15,943 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Jordan is 34,284 sq mi vs 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland — a 2.25 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Switzerland

See how Jordan and Switzerland 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	Switzerland
Total area	34,495 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.16	1
Total area rank	110/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.008%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.25	1
Land area rank	110/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.03%
Population	11,552,876	9,005,582
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Switzerland
Forest area	376 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	32.4%
Forest area rank	159/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.03%
Arable land	788 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	10%
Arable land area rank	139/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	144/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	4.31%
Water area rank	115/197	96/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	n/a

Jordan vs Switzerland size on the map

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

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