Total & land area: Bahrain vs Gambia size comparison [2026]

The Gambia is 14.4 times bigger by total area compared to Bahrain: 4,363 sq mi vs 304 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the Gambia is 3,907 sq mi vs 309 sq mi for Bahrain — a 12.7 times difference in territory size.

Bahrain ranks 174/197 by total surface area vs 160/197 for the Gambia.
Bahrain occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for the Gambia.
10.1% of Bahrain's area is agricultural land vs 62.6% in the Gambia.
Bahrain has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — the Gambia has 0.01%.
0.95% of Bahrain is covered by forests, compared to 22.3% in the Gambia.
0.00002% of the world's forests are in Bahrain, and 0.006% are in the Gambia.

True size map comparison: Bahrain vs Gambia

See how Bahrain and the Gambia 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

	Bahrain	Gambia
Total area	304 sq mi	4,363 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	14.4
Total area rank	174/197	160/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0002%	0.002%
Land area	309 sq mi	3,907 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	12.7
Land area rank	174/197	161/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.007%
Population	1,588,670	2,759,988
Population density	5,378 ppl/mi²	739 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahrain	Gambia
Forest area	2.93 sq mi	871 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.95%	22.3%
Forest area rank	191/196	153/196
World's forests share	0.00002%	0.006%
Agricultural land area	31.3 sq mi	2,448 sq mi
Agricultural land share	10.1%	62.6%
Agricultural land area rank	181/194	146/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.01%
Arable land	8.11 sq mi	1,699 sq mi
Arable land share	2.63%	43.5%
Arable land area rank	181/191	127/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	27 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.5%	0.69%
Permanent cropland area rank	174/192	155/192
Water area	0 sq mi	456 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	10.4%
Water area rank	171/197	106/197
Roads length	2,561 mi	1,850 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	465 mi
Coastline length	100 mi	49.7 mi
Share of marine protected waters	21.4%	0.6%

Bahrain vs Gambia 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 Bahrain and the Gambia 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.