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

Brazil is 614 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 835 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 5/197 for Brazil.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 5.61% for Brazil.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 28.3% in Brazil.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Brazil has 4.96%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 59% in Brazil.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 12.2% are in Brazil.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Brazil

See how the Bahamas and Brazil 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

	Bahamas	Brazil
Total area	5,358 sq mi	3,287,956 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	614
Total area rank	157/197	5/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	1.67%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	3,227,096 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	835
Land area rank	162/197	5/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	5.61%
Population	401,283	211,998,573
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	66.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Brazil
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	1,903,402 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	59%
Forest area rank	139/196	2/196
World's forests share	0.01%	12.2%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	914,131 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	28.3%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	4/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	4.96%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	214,835 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	6.66%
Arable land area rank	168/191	5/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	29,946 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.93%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	5/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	60,860 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	1.85%
Water area rank	74/197	6/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	1,242,742 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	10,032 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	4,655 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	26.6%

Bahamas vs Brazil size on the map

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

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