Total & land area: Australia vs Bahamas size comparison

Australia is 554 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 768 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 157/197 for the Bahamas.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for the Bahamas.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 1.3% in the Bahamas.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — the Bahamas has 0.0003%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 50.9% in the Bahamas.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.01% are in the Bahamas.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Bahamas

See how Australia and the Bahamas 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

	Australia	Bahamas
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	5,358 sq mi
Size difference ratio	554	1
Total area rank	6/197	157/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.003%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	3,865 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	768	1
Land area rank	6/197	162/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.007%
Population	27,196,812	401,283
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	104.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Bahamas
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	1,969 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	50.9%
Forest area rank	6/196	139/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	1.3%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	176/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.0003%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	30.9 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	0.8%
Arable land area rank	10/191	168/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	0.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	168/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	1,493 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	27.9%
Water area rank	152/197	74/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	1,678 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	2,201 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	7.7%

Australia vs Bahamas 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 Australia and the Bahamas 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.