Total & land area: Mozambique vs Portugal size comparison

Mozambique is 8.69 times bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 309,496 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mozambique is 303,623 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal — a 8.58 times difference in territory size.

Mozambique ranks 35/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Mozambique occupies 0.53% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
52.8% of Mozambique's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Mozambique has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
45.8% of Mozambique is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
0.89% of the world's forests are in Mozambique, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Mozambique vs Portugal

See how Mozambique and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	309,496 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	8.69	1
Total area rank	35/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.16%	0.02%
Land area	303,623 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	8.58	1
Land area rank	34/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.53%	0.06%
Population	34,631,766	10,694,681
Population density	120.7 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mozambique	Portugal
Forest area	139,099 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	45.8%	36.2%
Forest area rank	18/196	86/196
World's forests share	0.89%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	160,280 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	52.8%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	23/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.08%
Arable land	21,815 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	7.18%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	43/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	1,539 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.51%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	59/192	41/192
Water area	5,873 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.9%	0.67%
Water area rank	32/197	111/197
Roads length	19,314 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,972 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	1,535 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	16.8%

Mozambique vs Portugal 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 Portugal 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.