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The Bahamas' area vs the United States': size comparison by land type

Updated on by Georank team

The United States is 708 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 3,794,100 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the United States is 3,531,839 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 914 times difference in territory size.

  • The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 3/197 for the United States.
  • The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 6.14% for the United States.
  • 1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 46.1% in the United States.
  • The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — the US has 8.83%.
  • 50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 33.9% in the US.
  • 0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 7.67% are in the United States.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs United States

See how the Bahamas and the United States 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 United States
Total area 5,358
sq mi 		3,794,100
sq mi
Size difference ratio 1 708
Total area rank 157/197 3/197
Share of all countries' surface area 0.003% 1.93%
Land area 3,865
sq mi 		3,531,839
sq mi
Land area difference ratio 1 914
Land area rank 162/197 3/197
Share of all countries' land area 0.007% 6.14%
Population 401,283 341,784,857
Population density 104.7 ppl/mi² 97.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

Bahamas United States
Forest area 1,969
sq mi 		1,196,125
sq mi
Forest area as share of land 50.9% 33.9%
Forest area rank 139/196 4/196
World's forests share 0.01% 7.67%
Agricultural land area 50.2
sq mi 		1,627,576
sq mi
Agricultural land share 1.3% 46.1%
Agricultural land area rank 176/194 2/194
Share of global agricultural land 0.0003% 8.83%
Arable land 30.9
sq mi 		585,190
sq mi
Arable land share 0.8% 16.6%
Arable land area rank 168/191 2/191
Permanent cropland 11.6
sq mi 		12,242
sq mi
Permanent cropland share 0.3% 0.35%
Permanent cropland area rank 168/192 14/192
Water area 1,493
sq mi 		262,262
sq mi
Water as share of total area 27.9% 6.91%
Water area rank 74/197 3/197
Roads length 1,678
mi 		4,092,730
mi
Land borders length 0
mi 		7,458
mi
Coastline length 2,201
mi 		12,380
mi
Share of marine protected waters 7.7% 19%

Size of the Bahamas compared to states in USA

If the Bahamas were a state in the US, it would be the 49th biggest by land area: larger than Puerto Rico, smaller than Connecticut, and 67.6 times smaller than the size of Texas.

# State Land area Compared to Bahamas
1 Alaska 570,641 sq mi x147.6
2 Texas 261,232 sq mi x67.6
3 California 155,779 sq mi x40.3
4 Montana 145,546 sq mi x37.7
5 New Mexico 121,298 sq mi x31.4
6 Arizona 113,594 sq mi x29.4
7 Nevada 109,781 sq mi x28.4
8 Colorado 103,642 sq mi x26.8
9 Wyoming 97,093 sq mi x25.1
10 Oregon 95,988 sq mi x24.8
11 Idaho 82,643 sq mi x21.4
12 Utah 82,169 sq mi x21.3
13 Kansas 81,759 sq mi x21.2
14 Minnesota 79,627 sq mi x20.6
15 Nebraska 76,824 sq mi x19.9
16 South Dakota 75,811 sq mi x19.6
17 North Dakota 69,001 sq mi x17.9
18 Missouri 68,742 sq mi x17.8
19 Oklahoma 68,595 sq mi x17.7
20 Washington 66,456 sq mi x17.2
21 Georgia 57,513 sq mi x14.9
22 Michigan 56,539 sq mi x14.6
23 Iowa 55,857 sq mi x14.5
24 Illinois 55,519 sq mi x14.4
25 Wisconsin 54,158 sq mi x14
26 Florida 53,625 sq mi x13.9
27 Arkansas 52,035 sq mi x13.5
28 Alabama 50,645 sq mi x13.1
29 North Carolina 48,618 sq mi x12.6
30 New York 47,126 sq mi x12.2
31 Mississippi 46,923 sq mi x12.1
32 Pennsylvania 44,743 sq mi x11.6
33 Louisiana 43,204 sq mi x11.2
34 Tennessee 41,235 sq mi x10.7
35 Ohio 40,861 sq mi x10.6
36 Virginia 39,490 sq mi x10.2
37 Kentucky 39,486 sq mi x10.2
38 Indiana 35,826 sq mi x9.27
39 Maine 30,843 sq mi x7.98
40 South Carolina 30,061 sq mi x7.78
41 West Virginia 24,038 sq mi x6.22
42 Maryland 9,707 sq mi x2.51
43 Vermont 9,217 sq mi x2.38
44 New Hampshire 8,953 sq mi x2.32
45 Massachusetts 7,800 sq mi x2.02
46 New Jersey 7,354 sq mi x1.9
47 Hawaii 6,423 sq mi x1.66
48 Connecticut 4,842 sq mi x1.25
* Bahamas 3,865 sq mi *
49 Puerto Rico 3,459 sq mi 0.89
50 Delaware 1,949 sq mi 0.5
51 Rhode Island 1,045 sq mi 0.27
52 Guam 209.7 sq mi 0.05
53 Northern Mariana Islands 179.2 sq mi 0.05
54 US Virgin Islands 133.7 sq mi 0.03
55 American Samoa 76.4 sq mi 0.02
56 District of Columbia 61 sq mi 0.02

Bahamas vs United States 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 the United States 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.

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Data sources:

  1. World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2023–2026, retrieved 2026-04-06)
  2. Wikidata (2026, retrieved 2026-02-08)
  3. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2025, retrieved 2026-02-20)
  4. United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10)
  5. U.S. Census Bureau (2025, retrieved 2026-02-08)

Total agricultural land encompasses all areas used for agriculture: territories under permanent and temporary crops and pastures. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit and nut trees, and vineyards, but excludes sites utilized for timber production.

Arable land encompasses fields utilized for temporary crop production, pastures, market or kitchen gardens, and temporarily fallowed land. Land abandoned due to shifting cultivation practices is not included.

Permanent cropland refers to farmland for the long-term cultivation of crops, such as coffee, cocoa, and rubber, which do not require replanting after each harvest. This category encompasses land with permanent crops like flowering shrubs, fruit and nut trees, and vines, but does not include land under trees for timber production.

Inland areas under water, such as large rivers, lakes, and some coastal waterways.

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