Total & land area: Myanmar vs Saudi Arabia size comparison

Saudi Arabia is 3.33 times bigger by total area compared to Myanmar: 868,730 sq mi vs 261,228 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Saudi Arabia is 830,000 sq mi vs 251,997 sq mi for Myanmar — a 3.29 times difference in territory size.

Myanmar ranks 39/197 by total surface area vs 12/197 for Saudi Arabia.
Myanmar occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.44% for Saudi Arabia.
19.9% of Myanmar's area is agricultural land vs 80.8% in Saudi Arabia.
Myanmar has 0.27% of the world's agricultural land area — Saudi Arabia has 3.64%.
42.4% of Myanmar is covered by forests, compared to 0.45% in Saudi Arabia.
0.69% of the world's forests are in Myanmar, and 0.02% are in Saudi Arabia.

True size map comparison: Myanmar vs Saudi Arabia

See how Myanmar and Saudi Arabia 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

	Myanmar	Saudi Arabia
Total area	261,228 sq mi	868,730 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3.33
Total area rank	39/197	12/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.44%
Land area	251,997 sq mi	830,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	3.29
Land area rank	39/197	12/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	1.44%
Population	54,500,091	35,300,280
Population density	219.1 ppl/mi²	44.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Myanmar	Saudi Arabia
Forest area	106,853 sq mi	3,772 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	42.4%	0.45%
Forest area rank	22/196	126/196
World's forests share	0.69%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	50,183 sq mi	670,418 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.9%	80.8%
Agricultural land area rank	63/194	8/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.27%	3.64%
Arable land	42,500 sq mi	13,245 sq mi
Arable land share	16.9%	1.6%
Arable land area rank	28/191	65/191
Permanent cropland	5,830 sq mi	799 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.31%	0.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	28/192	82/192
Water area	9,231 sq mi	38,730 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.53%	4.46%
Water area rank	25/197	9/197
Roads length	97,555 mi	137,554 mi
Land borders length	4,053 mi	2,654 mi
Coastline length	1,199 mi	1,640 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	3.5%

Myanmar vs Saudi Arabia size on the map

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

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