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

Tanzania is 10.6 times bigger by total area compared to Jordan: 365,756 sq mi vs 34,495 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 34,284 sq mi for Jordan — a 9.98 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Tanzania

See how Jordan and Tanzania 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	Tanzania
Total area	34,495 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	10.6
Total area rank	110/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.19%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	9.98
Land area rank	110/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.59%
Population	11,552,876	68,560,157
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Tanzania
Forest area	376 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	50.1%
Forest area rank	159/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.002%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.83%
Arable land	788 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	139/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	22/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	6.49%
Water area rank	115/197	11/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	2.3%

Jordan vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.