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

Niger is 50,398 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 489,191 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 42,223 times difference in territory size.

Niger ranks 21/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
Niger occupies 0.85% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
36.8% of Niger's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
Niger has 0.98% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
0.82% of Niger is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Niger, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: Niger vs Tuvalu

See how Niger and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	489,191 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	50,398	1
Total area rank	21/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.25%	0.000005%
Land area	489,076 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	42,223	1
Land area rank	20/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.85%	0.00002%
Population	27,032,412	9,646
Population density	59 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Niger	Tuvalu
Forest area	4,025 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.82%	33.3%
Forest area rank	124/196	189/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	179,918 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.8%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	19/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.98%	0.00004%
Arable land	68,340 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	14%	n/a
Arable land area rank	17/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	450 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.09%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	100/192	178/192
Water area	115.8 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	0%
Water area rank	124/197	195/197
Roads length	11,774 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	3,625 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Niger vs Tuvalu size on the map

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

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