Total & land area: Russia vs Tunisia size comparison [2026]

Russia is 104.4 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 6,592,849 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Russia is 6,323,145 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 105.4 times difference in territory size.

Russia ranks 1/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Russia occupies 11% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
13.2% of Russia's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Russia has 4.52% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
49.8% of Russia is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
20.2% of the world's forests are in Russia, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Russia vs Tunisia

See how Russia 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

	Russia	Tunisia
Total area	6,592,849 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	104.4	1
Total area rank	1/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	3.35%	0.03%
Land area	6,323,145 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	105.4	1
Land area rank	1/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	11%	0.1%
Population	143,533,851	12,277,109
Population density	22.4 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Russia	Tunisia
Forest area	3,147,937 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.8%	4.55%
Forest area rank	1/196	132/196
World's forests share	20.2%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	832,826 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	13.2%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	5/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.52%	0.2%
Arable land	469,689 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	7.43%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	3/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	7,722 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.12%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	23/192	20/192
Water area	269,704 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.09%	5.04%
Water area rank	2/197	52/197
Roads length	981,326 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	13,923 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	23,396 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	1.1%

Russia 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 Russia 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.