Total & land area: Niger vs Spain size comparison [2026]

Niger is 2.5 times bigger by total area compared to Spain: 489,191 sq mi vs 195,364 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 192,934 sq mi for Spain — a 2.53 times difference in territory size.

Niger ranks 21/197 by total surface area vs 50/197 for Spain.
Niger occupies 0.85% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.34% for Spain.
36.8% of Niger's area is agricultural land vs 49.6% in Spain.
Niger has 0.98% of the world's agricultural land area — Spain has 0.52%.
0.82% of Niger is covered by forests, compared to 37.2% in Spain.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Niger, and 0.46% are in Spain.

True size map comparison: Niger vs Spain

See how Niger and Spain 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

	Niger	Spain
Total area	489,191 sq mi	195,364 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.5	1
Total area rank	21/197	50/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.25%	0.1%
Land area	489,076 sq mi	192,934 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.53	1
Land area rank	20/197	51/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.85%	0.34%
Population	27,032,412	48,848,840
Population density	59 ppl/mi²	253 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Niger	Spain
Forest area	4,025 sq mi	71,757 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.82%	37.2%
Forest area rank	124/196	33/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	179,918 sq mi	95,648 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.8%	49.6%
Agricultural land area rank	19/194	45/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.98%	0.52%
Arable land	68,340 sq mi	44,389 sq mi
Arable land share	14%	23%
Arable land area rank	17/191	26/191
Permanent cropland	450 sq mi	19,729 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.09%	10.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	100/192	10/192
Water area	115.8 sq mi	2,430 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	1.24%
Water area rank	124/197	59/197
Roads length	11,774 mi	424,505 mi
Land borders length	3,625 mi	1,213 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	3,084 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	12.8%

Niger vs Spain size on the map

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

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