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

Syria is 1.13 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 71,498 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Syria is 70,900 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 1.18 times difference in territory size.

Syria ranks 87/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Syria occupies 0.12% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
74.1% of Syria's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Syria has 0.29% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
2.84% of Syria is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.01% of the world's forests are in Syria, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Syria vs Tunisia

See how Syria 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

	Syria	Tunisia
Total area	71,498 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.13	1
Total area rank	87/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.03%
Land area	70,900 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.18	1
Land area rank	87/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.12%	0.1%
Population	24,672,760	12,277,109
Population density	375 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Syria	Tunisia
Forest area	2,016 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	2.84%	4.55%
Forest area rank	138/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	52,533 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	74.1%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	61/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.29%	0.2%
Arable land	16,988 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	24%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	53/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	4,027 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.68%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	34/192	20/192
Water area	598 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.84%	5.04%
Water area rank	101/197	52/197
Roads length	n/a	12,272 mi
Land borders length	1,468 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	119.9 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.2%	1.1%

Syria vs Tunisia size on the map

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

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