Total & land area: Malta vs Turkmenistan size comparison

Turkmenistan is 1,554 times bigger by total area compared to Malta: 189,657 sq mi vs 122 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Turkmenistan is 181,441 sq mi vs 123.6 sq mi for Malta — a 1,469 times difference in territory size.

Malta ranks 187/197 by total surface area vs 51/197 for Turkmenistan.
Malta occupies 0.0002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Turkmenistan.
25.9% of Malta's area is agricultural land vs 84.2% in Turkmenistan.
Malta has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Turkmenistan has 0.83%.
1.44% of Malta is covered by forests, compared to 8.78% in Turkmenistan.
0.00001% of the world's forests are in Malta, and 0.1% are in Turkmenistan.

True size map comparison: Malta vs Turkmenistan

See how Malta and Turkmenistan 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

	Malta	Turkmenistan
Total area	122 sq mi	189,657 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1,554
Total area rank	187/197	51/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.00006%	0.1%
Land area	123.6 sq mi	181,441 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1,469
Land area rank	187/197	53/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0002%	0.32%
Population	568,847	7,494,498
Population density	4,704 ppl/mi²	42.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Malta	Turkmenistan
Forest area	1.78 sq mi	15,934 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.44%	8.78%
Forest area rank	192/196	75/196
World's forests share	0.00001%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	32 sq mi	152,812 sq mi
Agricultural land share	25.9%	84.2%
Agricultural land area rank	180/194	29/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.83%
Arable land	28.2 sq mi	6,145 sq mi
Arable land share	22.8%	3.39%
Arable land area rank	170/191	88/191
Permanent cropland	4.01 sq mi	153.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.25%	0.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	181/192	129/192
Water area	0 sq mi	8,216 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.33%
Water area rank	181/197	26/197
Roads length	1,401 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	2,584 mi
Coastline length	122.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.8%	4.2%

Malta vs Turkmenistan size on the map

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

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