Total & land area: Bahamas vs Burkina Faso size comparison

Burkina Faso is 19.8 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 105,869 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Burkina Faso is 105,638 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 27.3 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 73/197 for Burkina Faso.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.18% for Burkina Faso.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 53.4% in Burkina Faso.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Burkina Faso has 0.31%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 22.2% in Burkina Faso.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.15% are in Burkina Faso.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Burkina Faso

See how the Bahamas and Burkina Faso 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	Burkina Faso
Total area	5,358 sq mi	105,869 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	19.8
Total area rank	157/197	73/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.05%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	105,638 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	27.3
Land area rank	162/197	73/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.18%
Population	401,283	23,548,781
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	233 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Burkina Faso
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	23,423 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	22.2%
Forest area rank	139/196	69/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	56,413 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	53.4%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	57/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.31%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	30,531 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	28.9%
Arable land area rank	168/191	31/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	2,716 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	2.57%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	46/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	231.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	0.22%
Water area rank	74/197	113/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	9,509 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	2,244 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	n/a

Bahamas vs Burkina Faso size on the map

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

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