Total & land area: Brazil vs Guyana size comparison [2026]

Brazil is 39.6 times bigger by total area compared to Guyana: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 83,000 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 81,522 sq mi for Guyana — a 39.6 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 83/197 for Guyana.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.14% for Guyana.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 3.41% in Guyana.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Guyana has 0.02%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 87.1% in Guyana.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.46% are in Guyana.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Guyana

See how Brazil and Guyana 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

	Brazil	Guyana
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	83,000 sq mi
Size difference ratio	39.6	1
Total area rank	5/197	83/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.04%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	81,522 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	39.6	1
Land area rank	5/197	82/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.14%
Population	211,998,573	831,087
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	10.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Guyana
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	70,995 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	87.1%
Forest area rank	2/196	35/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	2,780 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	3.41%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	144/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.02%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	375 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	0.46%
Arable land area rank	5/191	150/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	112 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	0.14%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	143/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	1,479 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	1.78%
Water area rank	6/197	76/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	2,482 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	1,822 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	285.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	0.1%

Brazil vs Guyana size on the map

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

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