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

Ethiopia is 4.49 times bigger by total area compared to Guinea: 426,373 sq mi vs 94,926 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ethiopia is 435,716 sq mi vs 94,873 sq mi for Guinea — a 4.59 times difference in territory size.

Ethiopia ranks 26/197 by total surface area vs 77/197 for Guinea.
Ethiopia occupies 0.76% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.16% for Guinea.
34.1% of Ethiopia's area is agricultural land vs 73.2% in Guinea.
Ethiopia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — Guinea has 0.38%.
14.9% of Ethiopia is covered by forests, compared to 24.7% in Guinea.
0.42% of the world's forests are in Ethiopia, and 0.15% are in Guinea.

True size map comparison: Ethiopia vs Guinea

See how Ethiopia and Guinea 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	Guinea
Total area	426,373 sq mi	94,926 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4.49	1
Total area rank	26/197	77/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.05%
Land area	435,716 sq mi	94,873 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.59	1
Land area rank	25/197	77/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.76%	0.16%
Population	132,059,767	14,754,785
Population density	319 ppl/mi²	162.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Forest area	65,056 sq mi	23,433 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.9%	24.7%
Forest area rank	40/196	68/196
World's forests share	0.42%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	148,483 sq mi	69,475 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.1%	73.2%
Agricultural land area rank	34/194	52/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.38%
Arable land	63,321 sq mi	23,166 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	24.4%
Arable land area rank	19/191	42/191
Permanent cropland	7,942 sq mi	4,995 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.82%	5.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	21/192	30/192
Water area	0 sq mi	52.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.06%
Water area rank	175/197	135/197
Roads length	74,671 mi	n/a
Land borders length	3,682 mi	2,514 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	198.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.6%

Ethiopia vs Guinea 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 Guinea 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.