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

Haiti is 2.46 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 10,714 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Haiti is 10,641 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 2.72 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 144/197 for Haiti.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Haiti.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 65.1% in Haiti.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Haiti has 0.04%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 12.3% in Haiti.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.008% are in Haiti.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Haiti

See how the Gambia and Haiti 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	Haiti
Total area	4,363 sq mi	10,714 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.46
Total area rank	160/197	144/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.005%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	10,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.72
Land area rank	161/197	142/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.02%
Population	2,759,988	11,772,557
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	1,132 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Haiti
Forest area	871 sq mi	1,305 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	12.3%
Forest area rank	153/196	146/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	6,931 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	65.1%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	123/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.04%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	3,880 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	127/191	108/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	1,158 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	10.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	68/192
Water area	456 sq mi	73.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.68%
Water area rank	106/197	130/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	2,651 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	233.6 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	1.8%

Gambia vs Haiti 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 Haiti 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.