Total & land area: Austria vs Bahamas size comparison [2026]

Austria is 6.04 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 32,386 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Austria is 31,861 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 8.24 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 157/197 for the Bahamas.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for the Bahamas.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 1.3% in the Bahamas.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — the Bahamas has 0.0003%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 50.9% in the Bahamas.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 0.01% are in the Bahamas.

True size map comparison: Austria vs Bahamas

See how Austria 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

	Austria	Bahamas
Total area	32,386 sq mi	5,358 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.04	1
Total area rank	113/197	157/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.003%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	3,865 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	8.24	1
Land area rank	113/197	162/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.007%
Population	9,177,982	401,283
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	104.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	Bahamas
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	1,969 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	50.9%
Forest area rank	79/196	139/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	1.3%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	176/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.0003%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	30.9 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	0.8%
Arable land area rank	96/191	168/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	0.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	168/192
Water area	525 sq mi	1,493 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	27.9%
Water area rank	103/197	74/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	1,678 mi
Land borders length	1,568 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	2,201 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	7.7%

Austria vs Bahamas size on the map

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

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