Total & land area: Suriname vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 5.8 times bigger by total area compared to Suriname: 365,756 sq mi vs 63,039 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 61,972 sq mi for Suriname — a 5.52 times difference in territory size.

Suriname ranks 91/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
Suriname occupies 0.11% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
0.45% of Suriname's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
Suriname has 0.001% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
94.4% of Suriname is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Suriname, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: Suriname vs Tanzania

See how Suriname 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

	Suriname	Tanzania
Total area	63,039 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.8
Total area rank	91/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.19%
Land area	61,972 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.52
Land area rank	90/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.11%	0.59%
Population	634,431	68,560,157
Population density	10.4 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Suriname	Tanzania
Forest area	58,531 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	94.4%	50.1%
Forest area rank	43/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.38%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	275.8 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	0.45%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	167/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.001%	0.83%
Arable land	204.5 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	0.33%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	157/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	9.53 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.02%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	173/192	22/192
Water area	1,067 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.69%	6.49%
Water area rank	82/197	11/197
Roads length	2,674 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	1,185 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.5%	2.3%

Suriname 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 Suriname 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.