Total & land area: Mozambique vs Niger size comparison

Niger is 1.58 times bigger by total area compared to Mozambique: 489,191 sq mi vs 309,496 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 303,623 sq mi for Mozambique — a 1.61 times difference in territory size.

Mozambique ranks 35/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Mozambique occupies 0.53% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
52.8% of Mozambique's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Mozambique has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
45.8% of Mozambique is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.89% of the world's forests are in Mozambique, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Mozambique vs Niger

See how Mozambique and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	309,496 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.58
Total area rank	35/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.16%	0.25%
Land area	303,623 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.61
Land area rank	34/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.53%	0.85%
Population	34,631,766	27,032,412
Population density	120.7 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mozambique	Niger
Forest area	139,099 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	45.8%	0.82%
Forest area rank	18/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.89%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	160,280 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	52.8%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	23/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.98%
Arable land	21,815 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	7.18%	14%
Arable land area rank	43/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	1,539 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.51%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	59/192	100/192
Water area	5,873 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.9%	0.02%
Water area rank	32/197	124/197
Roads length	19,314 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	2,972 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	1,535 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	n/a

Mozambique vs Niger 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 Niger 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.