Total & land area: Kiribati vs Myanmar size comparison

Myanmar is 834 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 261,228 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 806 times difference in territory size.

Kiribati ranks 173/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Kiribati occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
42% of Kiribati's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Kiribati has 0.0007% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
1.46% of Kiribati is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.00003% of the world's forests are in Kiribati, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Kiribati vs Myanmar

See how Kiribati and Myanmar 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	Myanmar
Total area	313 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	834
Total area rank	173/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0002%	0.13%
Land area	313 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	806
Land area rank	173/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.44%
Population	134,518	54,500,091
Population density	443 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kiribati	Myanmar
Forest area	4.56 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.46%	42.4%
Forest area rank	187/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.00003%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	131.3 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	42%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	172/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0007%	0.27%
Arable land	7.72 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	2.47%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	182/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	39.5%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	137/192	28/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.12%	3.53%
Water area rank	163/197	25/197
Roads length	416 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	710 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	11.9%	0.5%

Kiribati vs Myanmar 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 Myanmar 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.