Total & land area: Tunisia vs Turkmenistan size comparison

Turkmenistan is 3 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 189,657 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Turkmenistan is 181,441 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 3.02 times difference in territory size.

Tunisia ranks 90/197 by total surface area vs 51/197 for Turkmenistan.
Tunisia occupies 0.1% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Turkmenistan.
62.4% of Tunisia's area is agricultural land vs 84.2% in Turkmenistan.
Tunisia has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — Turkmenistan has 0.83%.
4.55% of Tunisia is covered by forests, compared to 8.78% in Turkmenistan.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Tunisia, and 0.1% are in Turkmenistan.

True size map comparison: Tunisia vs Turkmenistan

See how Tunisia and Turkmenistan 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

	Tunisia	Turkmenistan
Total area	63,170 sq mi	189,657 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3
Total area rank	90/197	51/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.1%
Land area	59,985 sq mi	181,441 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	3.02
Land area rank	91/197	53/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.1%	0.32%
Population	12,277,109	7,494,498
Population density	207.1 ppl/mi²	42.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Tunisia	Turkmenistan
Forest area	2,731 sq mi	15,934 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	4.55%	8.78%
Forest area rank	132/196	75/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	37,454 sq mi	152,812 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.4%	84.2%
Agricultural land area rank	73/194	29/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.83%
Arable land	10,932 sq mi	6,145 sq mi
Arable land share	18.2%	3.39%
Arable land area rank	69/191	88/191
Permanent cropland	8,182 sq mi	153.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.6%	0.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	20/192	129/192
Water area	3,185 sq mi	8,216 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.04%	4.33%
Water area rank	52/197	26/197
Roads length	12,272 mi	n/a
Land borders length	929 mi	2,584 mi
Coastline length	713 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.1%	4.2%

Tunisia vs Turkmenistan size on the map

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

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