Total & land area: Madagascar vs Myanmar size comparison

Myanmar is 1.15 times bigger by total area compared to Madagascar: 261,228 sq mi vs 226,756 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar — a 1.12 times difference in territory size.

Madagascar ranks 46/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Madagascar occupies 0.39% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
70.3% of Madagascar's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Madagascar has 0.86% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
21.3% of Madagascar is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.31% of the world's forests are in Madagascar, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Madagascar vs Myanmar

See how Madagascar and Myanmar 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

	Madagascar	Myanmar
Total area	226,756 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.15
Total area rank	46/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.12%	0.13%
Land area	224,634 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.12
Land area rank	44/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.39%	0.44%
Population	31,964,956	54,500,091
Population density	149.3 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Madagascar	Myanmar
Forest area	47,839 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	21.3%	42.4%
Forest area rank	48/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.31%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	157,896 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	70.3%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	26/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.86%	0.27%
Arable land	11,583 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	5.16%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	67/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	2,317 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.03%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	51/192	28/192
Water area	2,122 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	3.53%
Water area rank	63/197	25/197
Roads length	19,660 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	3,000 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.3%	0.5%

Madagascar vs Myanmar 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 Madagascar and Myanmar 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.