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

Niger is 91.3 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 489,191 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 126.5 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Niger

See how the Bahamas and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	5,358 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	91.3
Total area rank	157/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.25%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	126.5
Land area rank	162/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.85%
Population	401,283	27,032,412
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Niger
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	0.82%
Forest area rank	139/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.98%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	14%
Arable land area rank	168/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	100/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	0.02%
Water area rank	74/197	124/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	n/a

Bahamas vs Niger size on the map

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

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