Total & land area: Barbados vs Niger size comparison [2026]

Niger is 2,886 times bigger by total area compared to Barbados: 489,191 sq mi vs 169.5 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 166 sq mi for Barbados — a 2,946 times difference in territory size.

Barbados ranks 184/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Barbados occupies 0.0003% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
23.3% of Barbados' area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Barbados has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
14.7% of Barbados is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.0002% of the world's forests are in Barbados, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Barbados vs Niger

See how Barbados and Niger 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

	Barbados	Niger
Total area	169.5 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2,886
Total area rank	184/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.00009%	0.25%
Land area	166 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2,946
Land area rank	184/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0003%	0.85%
Population	282,467	27,032,412
Population density	1,703 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Barbados	Niger
Forest area	24.3 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.7%	0.82%
Forest area rank	183/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.0002%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	38.6 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23.3%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	177/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.98%
Arable land	27 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	16.3%	14%
Arable land area rank	171/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	3.86 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.33%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	182/192	100/192
Water area	3.47 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.05%	0.02%
Water area rank	148/197	124/197
Roads length	1,056 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	60.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Barbados vs Niger size on the map

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

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