Total & land area: Azerbaijan vs Gambia size comparison

Azerbaijan is 7.66 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 33,436 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Azerbaijan is 31,911 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 8.17 times difference in territory size.

Azerbaijan ranks 112/197 by total surface area vs 160/197 for the Gambia.
Azerbaijan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for the Gambia.
57.8% of Azerbaijan's area is agricultural land vs 62.6% in the Gambia.
Azerbaijan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — the Gambia has 0.01%.
14.1% of Azerbaijan is covered by forests, compared to 22.3% in the Gambia.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Azerbaijan, and 0.006% are in the Gambia.

True size map comparison: Azerbaijan vs Gambia

See how Azerbaijan and the Gambia 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

	Azerbaijan	Gambia
Total area	33,436 sq mi	4,363 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.66	1
Total area rank	112/197	160/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.002%
Land area	31,911 sq mi	3,907 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	8.17	1
Land area rank	112/197	161/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.007%
Population	10,202,830	2,759,988
Population density	324 ppl/mi²	739 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Azerbaijan	Gambia
Forest area	4,503 sq mi	871 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.1%	22.3%
Forest area rank	121/196	153/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.006%
Agricultural land area	18,454 sq mi	2,448 sq mi
Agricultural land share	57.8%	62.6%
Agricultural land area rank	89/194	146/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.01%
Arable land	8,076 sq mi	1,699 sq mi
Arable land share	25.3%	43.5%
Arable land area rank	82/191	127/191
Permanent cropland	1,056 sq mi	27 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.31%	0.69%
Permanent cropland area rank	72/192	155/192
Water area	1,525 sq mi	456 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.56%	10.4%
Water area rank	72/197	106/197
Roads length	48,358 mi	1,850 mi
Land borders length	1,534 mi	465 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	49.7 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	0.6%

Azerbaijan vs Gambia 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 Azerbaijan and the Gambia 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.