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

Guinea is 21.8 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 94,926 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Guinea is 94,873 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 24.3 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 77/197 for Guinea.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.16% for Guinea.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 73.2% in Guinea.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Guinea has 0.38%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 24.7% in Guinea.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.15% are in Guinea.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Guinea

See how the Gambia 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

	Gambia	Guinea
Total area	4,363 sq mi	94,926 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	21.8
Total area rank	160/197	77/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.05%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	94,873 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	24.3
Land area rank	161/197	77/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.16%
Population	2,759,988	14,754,785
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	162.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Guinea
Forest area	871 sq mi	23,433 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	24.7%
Forest area rank	153/196	68/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	69,475 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	73.2%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	52/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.38%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	23,166 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	24.4%
Arable land area rank	127/191	42/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	4,995 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	5.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	30/192
Water area	456 sq mi	52.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.06%
Water area rank	106/197	135/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	n/a
Land borders length	465 mi	2,514 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	198.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	0.6%

Gambia 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 the Gambia 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.