Total & land area: Saint Lucia vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 1,535 times bigger by total area compared to Saint Lucia: 365,756 sq mi vs 238.2 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 235.5 sq mi for Saint Lucia — a 1,452 times difference in territory size.

Saint Lucia ranks 178/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Saint Lucia occupies 0.0004% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
16.3% of Saint Lucia's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Saint Lucia has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
34% of Saint Lucia is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.0005% of the world's forests are in Saint Lucia, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Saint Lucia vs Tanzania

See how Saint Lucia 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

	Saint Lucia	Tanzania
Total area	238.2 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1,535
Total area rank	178/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0001%	0.19%
Land area	235.5 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1,452
Land area rank	178/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0004%	0.59%
Population	179,744	68,560,157
Population density	767 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Saint Lucia	Tanzania
Forest area	80.2 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34%	50.1%
Forest area rank	172/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.0005%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	38.4 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.3%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	178/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.83%
Arable land	10.3 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	180/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	26.6 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.3%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	156/192	22/192
Water area	2.71 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.14%	6.49%
Water area rank	150/197	11/197
Roads length	752 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	98.2 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.3%	2.3%

Saint Lucia vs Tanzania 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 Saint Lucia and Tanzania 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.