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

Colombia is 5.31 times bigger by total area compared to Guyana: 440,831 sq mi vs 83,000 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 81,522 sq mi for Guyana — a 5.25 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 83/197 for Guyana.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.14% for Guyana.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 3.41% in Guyana.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Guyana has 0.02%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 87.1% in Guyana.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.46% are in Guyana.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Guyana

See how Colombia 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

	Colombia	Guyana
Total area	440,831 sq mi	83,000 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.31	1
Total area rank	25/197	83/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.04%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	81,522 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.25	1
Land area rank	26/197	82/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.14%
Population	52,886,363	831,087
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	10.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Guyana
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	70,995 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	87.1%
Forest area rank	13/196	35/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	2,780 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	3.41%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	144/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.02%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	375 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	0.46%
Arable land area rank	73/191	150/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	112 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	0.14%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	143/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	1,479 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	1.78%
Water area rank	17/197	76/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	2,482 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	1,822 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	285.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	0.1%

Colombia vs Guyana 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 Colombia and Guyana 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.