Total & land area: Lebanon vs Portugal size comparison

Portugal is 8.82 times bigger by total area compared to Lebanon: 35,608 sq mi vs 4,036 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Portugal is 35,369 sq mi vs 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon — a 8.95 times difference in territory size.

Lebanon ranks 162/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Lebanon occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
65.9% of Lebanon's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Lebanon has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
14.2% of Lebanon is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
0.004% of the world's forests are in Lebanon, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Lebanon vs Portugal

See how Lebanon and Portugal 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

	Lebanon	Portugal
Total area	4,036 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	8.82
Total area rank	162/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.02%
Land area	3,950 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	8.95
Land area rank	160/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.06%
Population	5,805,962	10,694,681
Population density	1,492 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Lebanon	Portugal
Forest area	560 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.2%	36.2%
Forest area rank	157/196	86/196
World's forests share	0.004%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	2,603 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.9%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	145/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.08%
Arable land	518 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	13.1%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	143/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	541 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.7%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	95/192	41/192
Water area	85.7 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.12%	0.67%
Water area rank	127/197	111/197
Roads length	13,487 mi	n/a
Land borders length	301 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	139.8 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.2%	16.8%

Lebanon vs Portugal 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 Lebanon and Portugal 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.