Total & land area: Kiribati vs Lebanon size comparison

Lebanon is 12.9 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 4,036 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Lebanon is 3,950 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 12.6 times difference in territory size.

Kiribati ranks 173/197 by total surface area vs 162/197 for Lebanon.
Kiribati occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for Lebanon.
42% of Kiribati's area is agricultural land vs 65.9% in Lebanon.
Kiribati has 0.0007% of the world's agricultural land area — Lebanon has 0.01%.
1.46% of Kiribati is covered by forests, compared to 14.2% in Lebanon.
0.00003% of the world's forests are in Kiribati, and 0.004% are in Lebanon.

True size map comparison: Kiribati vs Lebanon

See how Kiribati and Lebanon 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

	Kiribati	Lebanon
Total area	313 sq mi	4,036 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	12.9
Total area rank	173/197	162/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0002%	0.002%
Land area	313 sq mi	3,950 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	12.6
Land area rank	173/197	160/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.007%
Population	134,518	5,805,962
Population density	443 ppl/mi²	1,492 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kiribati	Lebanon
Forest area	4.56 sq mi	560 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.46%	14.2%
Forest area rank	187/196	157/196
World's forests share	0.00003%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	131.3 sq mi	2,603 sq mi
Agricultural land share	42%	65.9%
Agricultural land area rank	172/194	145/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0007%	0.01%
Arable land	7.72 sq mi	518 sq mi
Arable land share	2.47%	13.1%
Arable land area rank	182/191	143/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	541 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	39.5%	13.7%
Permanent cropland area rank	137/192	95/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	85.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.12%	2.12%
Water area rank	163/197	127/197
Roads length	416 mi	13,487 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	301 mi
Coastline length	710 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	11.9%	0.2%

Kiribati vs Lebanon 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 Kiribati and Lebanon 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.