Total & land area: Ethiopia vs Gambia size comparison [2026]

Ethiopia is 97.7 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 426,373 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 111.5 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 160/197 for the Gambia.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for the Gambia.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 62.6% in the Gambia.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — the Gambia has 0.01%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 22.3% in the Gambia.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.006% are in the Gambia.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Gambia

See how Ethiopia and the Gambia 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

	Ethiopia	Gambia
Total area	426,373 sq mi	4,363 sq mi
Size difference ratio	97.7	1
Total area rank	26/197	160/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.002%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	3,907 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	111.5	1
Land area rank	25/197	161/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.007%
Population	132,059,767	2,759,988
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	739 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Gambia
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	871 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	22.3%
Forest area rank	40/196	153/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.006%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	2,448 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	62.6%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	146/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.01%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	1,699 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	43.5%
Arable land area rank	19/191	127/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	27 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	0.69%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	155/192
Water area	0 sq mi	456 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	10.4%
Water area rank	175/197	106/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	1,850 mi
Land borders length	3,682 mi	465 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	49.7 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.6%

Ethiopia vs Gambia 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 Ethiopia and the Gambia 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.