Total & land area: Mali vs Netherlands size comparison

Mali is 33.2 times bigger by total area compared to the Netherlands: 478,841 sq mi vs 14,432 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mali is 471,118 sq mi vs 13,000 sq mi for the Netherlands — a 36.2 times difference in territory size.

Mali ranks 23/197 by total surface area vs 133/197 for the Netherlands.
Mali occupies 0.82% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for the Netherlands.
35.5% of Mali's area is agricultural land vs 53.5% in the Netherlands.
Mali has 0.91% of the world's agricultural land area — the Netherlands has 0.04%.
10.9% of Mali is covered by forests, compared to 11.1% in the Netherlands.
0.33% of the world's forests are in Mali, and 0.009% are in the Netherlands.

True size map comparison: Mali vs Netherlands

See how Mali and the Netherlands 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

	Mali	Netherlands
Total area	478,841 sq mi	14,432 sq mi
Size difference ratio	33.2	1
Total area rank	23/197	133/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.24%	0.007%
Land area	471,118 sq mi	13,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	36.2	1
Land area rank	23/197	134/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.82%	0.02%
Population	24,478,595	17,993,485
Population density	55.1 ppl/mi²	1,402 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mali	Netherlands
Forest area	51,336 sq mi	1,437 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	10.9%	11.1%
Forest area rank	47/196	145/196
World's forests share	0.33%	0.009%
Agricultural land area	167,103 sq mi	6,961 sq mi
Agricultural land share	35.5%	53.5%
Agricultural land area rank	22/194	122/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.91%	0.04%
Arable land	32,205 sq mi	3,896 sq mi
Arable land share	6.84%	30%
Arable land area rank	30/191	107/191
Permanent cropland	1,152 sq mi	139 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.24%	1.07%
Permanent cropland area rank	69/192	134/192
Water area	7,723 sq mi	1,432 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.61%	9.92%
Water area rank	28/197	78/197
Roads length	86,437 mi	88,123 mi
Land borders length	4,914 mi	654 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	280.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	33.6%

Mali vs Netherlands size on the map

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

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