Total & land area: Portugal vs Tunisia size comparison

Tunisia is 1.77 times bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 63,170 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal — a 1.7 times difference in territory size.

Portugal ranks 109/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Portugal occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
43.3% of Portugal's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Portugal has 0.08% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
36.2% of Portugal is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Portugal, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Portugal vs Tunisia

See how Portugal and Tunisia 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

	Portugal	Tunisia
Total area	35,608 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.77
Total area rank	109/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.03%
Land area	35,369 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.7
Land area rank	108/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.1%
Population	10,694,681	12,277,109
Population density	302 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Portugal	Tunisia
Forest area	12,788 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	36.2%	4.55%
Forest area rank	86/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	15,328 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	43.3%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	95/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.08%	0.2%
Arable land	3,580 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	10.1%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	110/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	3,400 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	9.61%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	41/192	20/192
Water area	239.2 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.67%	5.04%
Water area rank	111/197	52/197
Roads length	n/a	12,272 mi
Land borders length	761 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	1,114 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.8%	1.1%

Portugal vs Tunisia 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 Portugal and Tunisia 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.