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

Tunisia is 11.8 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 63,170 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 15.5 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Tunisia

See how the Bahamas and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	5,358 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	11.8
Total area rank	157/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.03%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	15.5
Land area rank	162/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.1%
Population	401,283	12,277,109
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Tunisia
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	4.55%
Forest area rank	139/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.2%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	168/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	20/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	5.04%
Water area rank	74/197	52/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	1.1%

Bahamas vs Tunisia size on the map

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

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