Total & land area: Oman vs Tanzania size comparison [2026]

Tanzania is 3.06 times bigger by total area compared to Oman: 365,756 sq mi vs 119,499 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 119,499 sq mi for Oman — a 2.86 times difference in territory size.

Oman ranks 71/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Oman occupies 0.21% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
4.76% of Oman's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Oman has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
0.008% of Oman is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.00006% of the world's forests are in Oman, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Oman vs Tanzania

See how Oman and Tanzania 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

	Oman	Tanzania
Total area	119,499 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3.06
Total area rank	71/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.06%	0.19%
Land area	119,499 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.86
Land area rank	68/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.21%	0.59%
Population	5,281,538	68,560,157
Population density	47.8 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Oman	Tanzania
Forest area	9.11 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.008%	50.1%
Forest area rank	186/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.00006%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	5,682 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	4.76%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	131/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.83%
Arable land	336 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	0.28%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	151/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	133.6 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.11%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	135/192	22/192
Water area	0 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	6.49%
Water area rank	185/197	11/197
Roads length	n/a	90,225 mi
Land borders length	970 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	1,300 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.2%	2.3%

Oman vs Tanzania size on the map

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

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