Total & land area: Kuwait vs Tunisia size comparison [2026]

Tunisia is 9.18 times bigger by total area compared to Kuwait: 63,170 sq mi vs 6,880 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait — a 8.72 times difference in territory size.

Kuwait ranks 153/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Kuwait occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
8.42% of Kuwait's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Kuwait has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
0.35% of Kuwait is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.0002% of the world's forests are in Kuwait, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Kuwait vs Tunisia

See how Kuwait and Tunisia 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

	Kuwait	Tunisia
Total area	6,880 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	9.18
Total area rank	153/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.03%
Land area	6,880 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	8.72
Land area rank	153/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.1%
Population	4,897,263	12,277,109
Population density	738 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kuwait	Tunisia
Forest area	24.1 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.35%	4.55%
Forest area rank	184/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.0002%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	579 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	8.42%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	158/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.2%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	0.45%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	169/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	23.2 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.34%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	158/192	20/192
Water area	0 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	5.04%
Water area rank	177/197	52/197
Roads length	3,572 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	295.2 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	310 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.2%	1.1%

Kuwait vs Tunisia size on the map

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

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