Total & land area: Bahamas vs Mauritania size comparison

Mauritania is 74.3 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 397,955 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mauritania is 397,955 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 103 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 28/197 for Mauritania.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.69% for Mauritania.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 38.5% in Mauritania.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Mauritania has 0.83%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 0.29% in Mauritania.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.007% are in Mauritania.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Mauritania

See how the Bahamas and Mauritania 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	Mauritania
Total area	5,358 sq mi	397,955 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	74.3
Total area rank	157/197	28/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.2%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	397,955 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	103
Land area rank	162/197	28/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.69%
Population	401,283	5,169,395
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	13.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Mauritania
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	1,145 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	0.29%
Forest area rank	139/196	149/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.007%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	153,321 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	38.5%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	28/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.83%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	1,737 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	0.44%
Arable land area rank	168/191	125/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	38.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.01%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	153/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	0%
Water area rank	74/197	182/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	7,614 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,108 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	469 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	3.7%

Bahamas vs Mauritania 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 the Bahamas and Mauritania 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.