Total & land area: Latvia vs Serbia size comparison [2026]

Serbia is 1.37 times bigger by total area compared to Latvia: 34,170 sq mi vs 24,940 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Serbia is 32,467 sq mi vs 24,027 sq mi for Latvia — a 1.35 times difference in territory size.

Latvia ranks 122/197 by total surface area vs 111/197 for Serbia.
Latvia occupies 0.04% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Serbia.
31.7% of Latvia's area is agricultural land vs 40.4% in Serbia.
Latvia has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Serbia has 0.07%.
55% of Latvia is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Serbia.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Latvia, and 0.07% are in Serbia.

True size map comparison: Latvia vs Serbia

See how Latvia and Serbia 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	Serbia
Total area	24,940 sq mi	34,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.37
Total area rank	122/197	111/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.01%	0.02%
Land area	24,027 sq mi	32,467 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.35
Land area rank	121/197	111/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.04%	0.06%
Population	1,866,124	6,586,476
Population density	76.2 ppl/mi²	200 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Latvia	Serbia
Forest area	13,214 sq mi	10,516 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	55%	32.4%
Forest area rank	85/196	94/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	7,610 sq mi	13,112 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.7%	40.4%
Agricultural land area rank	118/194	102/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.07%
Arable land	5,251 sq mi	10,050 sq mi
Arable land share	21.9%	31%
Arable land area rank	95/191	71/191
Permanent cropland	38.6 sq mi	826 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.16%	2.54%
Permanent cropland area rank	154/192	81/192
Water area	913 sq mi	1,702 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.66%	4.98%
Water area rank	89/197	69/197
Roads length	n/a	28,222 mi
Land borders length	851 mi	1,443 mi
Coastline length	309 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.4%	n/a

Latvia vs Serbia size on the map

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

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