Total & land area: Latvia vs Mozambique size comparison

Mozambique is 12.4 times bigger by total area compared to Latvia: 309,496 sq mi vs 24,940 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mozambique is 303,623 sq mi vs 24,027 sq mi for Latvia — a 12.6 times difference in territory size.

Latvia ranks 122/197 by total surface area vs 35/197 for Mozambique.
Latvia occupies 0.04% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.53% for Mozambique.
31.7% of Latvia's area is agricultural land vs 52.8% in Mozambique.
Latvia has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Mozambique has 0.87%.
55% of Latvia is covered by forests, compared to 45.8% in Mozambique.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Latvia, and 0.89% are in Mozambique.

True size map comparison: Latvia vs Mozambique

See how Latvia and Mozambique 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

	Latvia	Mozambique
Total area	24,940 sq mi	309,496 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	12.4
Total area rank	122/197	35/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.01%	0.16%
Land area	24,027 sq mi	303,623 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	12.6
Land area rank	121/197	34/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.04%	0.53%
Population	1,866,124	34,631,766
Population density	76.2 ppl/mi²	120.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Latvia	Mozambique
Forest area	13,214 sq mi	139,099 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	55%	45.8%
Forest area rank	85/196	18/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.89%
Agricultural land area	7,610 sq mi	160,280 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.7%	52.8%
Agricultural land area rank	118/194	23/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.87%
Arable land	5,251 sq mi	21,815 sq mi
Arable land share	21.9%	7.18%
Arable land area rank	95/191	43/191
Permanent cropland	38.6 sq mi	1,539 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.16%	0.51%
Permanent cropland area rank	154/192	59/192
Water area	913 sq mi	5,873 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.66%	1.9%
Water area rank	89/197	32/197
Roads length	n/a	19,314 mi
Land borders length	851 mi	2,972 mi
Coastline length	309 mi	1,535 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.4%	2.2%

Latvia vs Mozambique 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 Latvia and Mozambique 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.