Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Tuvalu size comparison

Luxembourg is 102.9 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 999 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Luxembourg is 994 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 85.8 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Tuvalu

See how Luxembourg and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	999 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	102.9	1
Total area rank	169/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.000005%
Land area	994 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	85.8	1
Land area rank	169/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	0.00002%
Population	677,012	9,646
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Tuvalu
Forest area	342 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	33.3%
Forest area rank	160/196	189/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.00004%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	23.8%	n/a
Arable land area rank	155/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	178/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	0%
Water area rank	146/197	195/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Luxembourg vs Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu 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.