Total & land area: Suriname vs Switzerland size comparison

Suriname is 3.95 times bigger by total area compared to Switzerland: 63,039 sq mi vs 15,943 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Suriname is 61,972 sq mi vs 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland — a 4.06 times difference in territory size.

Suriname ranks 91/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Suriname occupies 0.11% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
0.45% of Suriname's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Suriname has 0.001% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
94.4% of Suriname is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Suriname, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Suriname vs Switzerland

See how Suriname and Switzerland 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

	Suriname	Switzerland
Total area	63,039 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.95	1
Total area rank	91/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.008%
Land area	61,972 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.06	1
Land area rank	90/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.11%	0.03%
Population	634,431	9,005,582
Population density	10.4 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Suriname	Switzerland
Forest area	58,531 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	94.4%	32.4%
Forest area rank	43/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	275.8 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	0.45%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	167/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.001%	0.03%
Arable land	204.5 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	0.33%	10%
Arable land area rank	157/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	9.53 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.02%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	173/192	144/192
Water area	1,067 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.69%	4.31%
Water area rank	82/197	96/197
Roads length	2,674 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	1,185 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.5%	n/a

Suriname vs Switzerland size on the map

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

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