Total & land area: Barbados vs Slovakia size comparison

Slovakia is 111.7 times bigger by total area compared to Barbados: 18,932 sq mi vs 169.5 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Slovakia is 18,564 sq mi vs 166 sq mi for Barbados — a 111.8 times difference in territory size.

Barbados ranks 184/197 by total surface area vs 127/197 for Slovakia.
Barbados occupies 0.0003% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Slovakia.
23.3% of Barbados' area is agricultural land vs 38% in Slovakia.
Barbados has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Slovakia has 0.04%.
14.7% of Barbados is covered by forests, compared to 40.1% in Slovakia.
0.0002% of the world's forests are in Barbados, and 0.05% are in Slovakia.

True size map comparison: Barbados vs Slovakia

See how Barbados and Slovakia 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	Slovakia
Total area	169.5 sq mi	18,932 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	111.7
Total area rank	184/197	127/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.00009%	0.01%
Land area	166 sq mi	18,564 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	111.8
Land area rank	184/197	128/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0003%	0.03%
Population	282,467	5,422,069
Population density	1,703 ppl/mi²	288.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Barbados	Slovakia
Forest area	24.3 sq mi	7,436 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.7%	40.1%
Forest area rank	183/196	113/196
World's forests share	0.0002%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	38.6 sq mi	7,046 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23.3%	38%
Agricultural land area rank	177/194	121/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.04%
Arable land	27 sq mi	5,046 sq mi
Arable land share	16.3%	27.2%
Arable land area rank	171/191	98/191
Permanent cropland	3.86 sq mi	65.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.33%	0.35%
Permanent cropland area rank	182/192	149/192
Water area	3.47 sq mi	368 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.05%	1.95%
Water area rank	148/197	107/197
Roads length	1,056 mi	24,224 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	986 mi
Coastline length	60.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Barbados vs Slovakia 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 Barbados and Slovakia 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.