Total & land area: Mali vs Solomon size comparison [2026]

Mali is 43.7 times bigger by total area compared to the Solomon Islands: 478,841 sq mi vs 10,965 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mali is 471,118 sq mi vs 10,807 sq mi for the Solomon Islands — a 43.6 times difference in territory size.

Mali ranks 23/197 by total surface area vs 141/197 for the Solomon Islands.
Mali occupies 0.82% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for the Solomon Islands.
35.5% of Mali's area is agricultural land vs 3.9% in the Solomon Islands.
Mali has 0.91% of the world's agricultural land area — the Solomon has 0.002%.
10.9% of Mali is covered by forests, compared to 90.1% in the Solomon.
0.33% of the world's forests are in Mali, and 0.06% are in the Solomon Islands.

True size map comparison: Mali vs Solomon Islands

See how Mali and the Solomon Islands 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	Solomon Islands
Total area	478,841 sq mi	10,965 sq mi
Size difference ratio	43.7	1
Total area rank	23/197	141/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.24%	0.006%
Land area	471,118 sq mi	10,807 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	43.6	1
Land area rank	23/197	141/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.82%	0.02%
Population	24,478,595	819,198
Population density	55.1 ppl/mi²	79.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mali	Solomon Islands
Forest area	51,336 sq mi	9,733 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	10.9%	90.1%
Forest area rank	47/196	96/196
World's forests share	0.33%	0.06%
Agricultural land area	167,103 sq mi	422 sq mi
Agricultural land share	35.5%	3.9%
Agricultural land area rank	22/194	162/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.91%	0.002%
Arable land	32,205 sq mi	88.8 sq mi
Arable land share	6.84%	0.82%
Arable land area rank	30/191	162/191
Permanent cropland	1,152 sq mi	302 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.24%	2.79%
Permanent cropland area rank	69/192	112/192
Water area	7,723 sq mi	158.3 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.61%	1.44%
Water area rank	28/197	122/197
Roads length	86,437 mi	864 mi
Land borders length	4,914 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	3,301 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.1%

Mali vs Solomon Islands 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 Mali and the Solomon Islands 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.