Total & land area: Montenegro vs Serbia size comparison

Serbia is 6.37 times bigger by total area compared to Montenegro: 34,170 sq mi vs 5,360 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Serbia is 32,467 sq mi vs 5,193 sq mi for Montenegro — a 6.25 times difference in territory size.

Montenegro ranks 156/197 by total surface area vs 111/197 for Serbia.
Montenegro occupies 0.009% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Serbia.
19.6% of Montenegro's area is agricultural land vs 40.4% in Serbia.
Montenegro has 0.006% of the world's agricultural land area — Serbia has 0.07%.
61.5% of Montenegro is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Serbia.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Montenegro, and 0.07% are in Serbia.

True size map comparison: Montenegro vs Serbia

See how Montenegro and Serbia 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

	Montenegro	Serbia
Total area	5,360 sq mi	34,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.37
Total area rank	156/197	111/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.02%
Land area	5,193 sq mi	32,467 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.25
Land area rank	156/197	111/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.009%	0.06%
Population	623,525	6,586,476
Population density	117.9 ppl/mi²	200 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Montenegro	Serbia
Forest area	3,193 sq mi	10,516 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.5%	32.4%
Forest area rank	128/196	94/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	1,017 sq mi	13,112 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.6%	40.4%
Agricultural land area rank	155/194	102/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.006%	0.07%
Arable land	34.9 sq mi	10,050 sq mi
Arable land share	0.67%	31%
Arable land area rank	167/191	71/191
Permanent cropland	20.4 sq mi	826 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.39%	2.54%
Permanent cropland area rank	161/192	81/192
Water area	167.2 sq mi	1,702 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.12%	4.98%
Water area rank	120/197	69/197
Roads length	4,823 mi	28,222 mi
Land borders length	423 mi	1,443 mi
Coastline length	182.4 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	5.6%	n/a

Montenegro vs Serbia 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 Montenegro and Serbia 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.