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

Zambia is 4.6 times bigger by total area compared to Tunisia: 290,587 sq mi vs 63,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zambia is 287,024 sq mi vs 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia — a 4.78 times difference in territory size.

Tunisia ranks 90/197 by total surface area vs 38/197 for Zambia.
Tunisia occupies 0.1% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.5% for Zambia.
62.4% of Tunisia's area is agricultural land vs 32.1% in Zambia.
Tunisia has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — Zambia has 0.5%.
4.55% of Tunisia is covered by forests, compared to 59.5% in Zambia.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Tunisia, and 1.1% are in Zambia.

True size map comparison: Tunisia vs Zambia

See how Tunisia and Zambia 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	Zambia
Total area	63,170 sq mi	290,587 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	4.6
Total area rank	90/197	38/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.15%
Land area	59,985 sq mi	287,024 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	4.78
Land area rank	91/197	37/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.1%	0.5%
Population	12,277,109	21,314,956
Population density	207.1 ppl/mi²	78.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Tunisia	Zambia
Forest area	2,731 sq mi	170,848 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	4.55%	59.5%
Forest area rank	132/196	17/196
World's forests share	0.02%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	37,454 sq mi	92,043 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.4%	32.1%
Agricultural land area rank	73/194	47/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.5%
Arable land	10,932 sq mi	14,672 sq mi
Arable land share	18.2%	5.11%
Arable land area rank	69/191	62/191
Permanent cropland	8,182 sq mi	150.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.6%	0.05%
Permanent cropland area rank	20/192	130/192
Water area	3,185 sq mi	3,563 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.04%	1.23%
Water area rank	52/197	48/197
Roads length	12,272 mi	42,049 mi
Land borders length	929 mi	3,755 mi
Coastline length	713 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.1%	n/a

Tunisia vs Zambia size on the map

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

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