Total & land area: Mozambique vs Nicaragua size comparison

Mozambique is 6.66 times bigger by total area compared to Nicaragua: 309,496 sq mi vs 46,464 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mozambique is 303,623 sq mi vs 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua — a 6.53 times difference in territory size.

Mozambique ranks 35/197 by total surface area vs 97/197 for Nicaragua.
Mozambique occupies 0.53% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for Nicaragua.
52.8% of Mozambique's area is agricultural land vs 42.3% in Nicaragua.
Mozambique has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Nicaragua has 0.11%.
45.8% of Mozambique is covered by forests, compared to 25.8% in Nicaragua.
0.89% of the world's forests are in Mozambique, and 0.08% are in Nicaragua.

True size map comparison: Mozambique vs Nicaragua

See how Mozambique and Nicaragua 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

	Mozambique	Nicaragua
Total area	309,496 sq mi	46,464 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.66	1
Total area rank	35/197	97/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.16%	0.02%
Land area	303,623 sq mi	46,464 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.53	1
Land area rank	34/197	98/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.53%	0.08%
Population	34,631,766	6,916,140
Population density	120.7 ppl/mi²	152.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mozambique	Nicaragua
Forest area	139,099 sq mi	11,998 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	45.8%	25.8%
Forest area rank	18/196	89/196
World's forests share	0.89%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	160,280 sq mi	19,656 sq mi
Agricultural land share	52.8%	42.3%
Agricultural land area rank	23/194	86/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.11%
Arable land	21,815 sq mi	5,803 sq mi
Arable land share	7.18%	12.5%
Arable land area rank	43/191	91/191
Permanent cropland	1,539 sq mi	1,143 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.51%	2.46%
Permanent cropland area rank	59/192	70/192
Water area	5,873 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.9%	0%
Water area rank	32/197	184/197
Roads length	19,314 mi	14,849 mi
Land borders length	2,972 mi	779 mi
Coastline length	1,535 mi	565 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	3.6%

Mozambique vs Nicaragua 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 Mozambique and Nicaragua 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.