Total & land area: Bahamas vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 46.4 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 248,777 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 63.1 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs South Sudan

See how the Bahamas and South Sudan 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	South Sudan
Total area	5,358 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	46.4
Total area rank	157/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.13%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	63.1
Land area rank	162/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.42%
Population	401,283	11,943,408
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	South Sudan
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	11.3%
Forest area rank	139/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.59%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	168/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	106/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	1.92%
Water area rank	74/197	41/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	n/a

Bahamas vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan 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.