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

Myanmar is 860 times bigger by total area compared to Bahrain: 261,228 sq mi vs 304 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 309 sq mi for Bahrain — a 816 times difference in territory size.

Bahrain ranks 174/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Bahrain occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
10.1% of Bahrain's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Bahrain has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
0.95% of Bahrain is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.00002% of the world's forests are in Bahrain, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Bahrain vs Myanmar

See how Bahrain and Myanmar 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	Myanmar
Total area	304 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	860
Total area rank	174/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0002%	0.13%
Land area	309 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	816
Land area rank	174/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.44%
Population	1,588,670	54,500,091
Population density	5,378 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahrain	Myanmar
Forest area	2.93 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.95%	42.4%
Forest area rank	191/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.00002%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	31.3 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	10.1%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	181/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.27%
Arable land	8.11 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	2.63%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	181/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	7.72 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.5%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	174/192	28/192
Water area	0 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	3.53%
Water area rank	171/197	25/197
Roads length	2,561 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	100 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	21.4%	0.5%

Bahrain vs Myanmar size on the map

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

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