Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 366 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 365,756 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 344 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Tanzania

See how Luxembourg and Tanzania 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

	Luxembourg	Tanzania
Total area	999 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	366
Total area rank	169/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.19%
Land area	994 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	344
Land area rank	169/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	0.59%
Population	677,012	68,560,157
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Tanzania
Forest area	342 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	50.1%
Forest area rank	160/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.002%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.83%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	23.8%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	155/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	22/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	6.49%
Water area rank	146/197	11/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.3%

Luxembourg vs Tanzania 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 Luxembourg and Tanzania 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.