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

Honduras is 9.96 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 43,433 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Honduras is 43,201 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 11.1 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 101/197 for Honduras.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for Honduras.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 32% in Honduras.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Honduras has 0.07%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Honduras.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.16% are in Honduras.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Honduras

See how the Gambia and Honduras 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	Honduras
Total area	4,363 sq mi	43,433 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	9.96
Total area rank	160/197	101/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.02%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	43,201 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	11.1
Land area rank	161/197	100/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.08%
Population	2,759,988	10,825,703
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	259 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Honduras
Forest area	871 sq mi	24,311 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	56.3%
Forest area rank	153/196	66/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.16%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	13,807 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	32%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	100/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.07%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	3,931 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	9.1%
Arable land area rank	127/191	106/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	5.36%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	50/192
Water area	456 sq mi	232.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.54%
Water area rank	106/197	112/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	9,160 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	979 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	511 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	4.9%

Gambia vs Honduras 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 Honduras 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.