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

Kuwait is 1.28 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 6,880 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Kuwait is 6,880 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 1.78 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 153/197 for Kuwait.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for Kuwait.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 8.42% in Kuwait.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Kuwait has 0.003%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 0.35% in Kuwait.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.0002% are in Kuwait.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Kuwait

See how the Bahamas and Kuwait 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	Kuwait
Total area	5,358 sq mi	6,880 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.28
Total area rank	157/197	153/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.003%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	6,880 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.78
Land area rank	162/197	153/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.01%
Population	401,283	4,897,263
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	738 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Kuwait
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	24.1 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	0.35%
Forest area rank	139/196	184/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.0002%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	579 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	8.42%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	158/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.003%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	30.9 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	0.45%
Arable land area rank	168/191	169/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	23.2 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.34%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	158/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	0%
Water area rank	74/197	177/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	3,572 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	295.2 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	310 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	3.2%

Bahamas vs Kuwait size on the map

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

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