Total & land area: Kiribati vs Romania size comparison

Romania is 294 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 92,046 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Romania is 88,834 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 284 times difference in territory size.

Kiribati ranks 173/197 by total surface area vs 81/197 for Romania.
Kiribati occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Romania.
42% of Kiribati's area is agricultural land vs 55.3% in Romania.
Kiribati has 0.0007% of the world's agricultural land area — Romania has 0.27%.
1.46% of Kiribati is covered by forests, compared to 30.1% in Romania.
0.00003% of the world's forests are in Kiribati, and 0.17% are in Romania.

True size map comparison: Kiribati vs Romania

See how Kiribati and Romania 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	Romania
Total area	313 sq mi	92,046 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	294
Total area rank	173/197	81/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0002%	0.05%
Land area	313 sq mi	88,834 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	284
Land area rank	173/197	80/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.15%
Population	134,518	19,051,804
Population density	443 ppl/mi²	212.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kiribati	Romania
Forest area	4.56 sq mi	26,753 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.46%	30.1%
Forest area rank	187/196	64/196
World's forests share	0.00003%	0.17%
Agricultural land area	131.3 sq mi	49,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	42%	55.3%
Agricultural land area rank	172/194	65/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0007%	0.27%
Arable land	7.72 sq mi	32,460 sq mi
Arable land share	2.47%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	182/191	29/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	1,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	39.5%	1.76%
Permanent cropland area rank	137/192	58/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	3,211 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.12%	3.49%
Water area rank	163/197	51/197
Roads length	416 mi	53,964 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,767 mi
Coastline length	710 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	11.9%	22.1%

Kiribati vs Romania size on the map

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

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