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

Ghana is 21.1 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 92,099 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ghana is 87,851 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 22.5 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 80/197 for Ghana.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Ghana.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 55.4% in Ghana.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Ghana has 0.26%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 35.2% in Ghana.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.2% are in Ghana.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Ghana

See how the Gambia and Ghana 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

	Gambia	Ghana
Total area	4,363 sq mi	92,099 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	21.1
Total area rank	160/197	80/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.05%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	87,851 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	22.5
Land area rank	161/197	81/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.15%
Population	2,759,988	34,427,414
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	407 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Ghana
Forest area	871 sq mi	30,917 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	35.2%
Forest area rank	153/196	58/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.2%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	48,663 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	55.4%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	66/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.26%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	18,185 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	20.7%
Arable land area rank	127/191	51/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	10,454 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	11.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	15/192
Water area	456 sq mi	4,248 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	4.61%
Water area rank	106/197	43/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	68,049 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	1,504 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	335 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	0.1%

Gambia vs Ghana 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 the Gambia and Ghana 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.