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

Jordan is 7.91 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 34,495 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Jordan is 34,284 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 8.77 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 110/197 for Jordan.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Jordan.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 11.5% in Jordan.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Jordan has 0.02%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 1.1% in Jordan.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.002% are in Jordan.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Jordan

See how the Gambia and Jordan 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	Jordan
Total area	4,363 sq mi	34,495 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7.91
Total area rank	160/197	110/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.02%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	34,284 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	8.77
Land area rank	161/197	110/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.06%
Population	2,759,988	11,552,876
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	335 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Jordan
Forest area	871 sq mi	376 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	1.1%
Forest area rank	153/196	159/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	3,954 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	11.5%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	139/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.02%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	788 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	127/191	139/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	322 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	0.94%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	107/192
Water area	456 sq mi	211.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.61%
Water area rank	106/197	115/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	4,476 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	1,084 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	16.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	2.8%

Gambia vs Jordan 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 Jordan 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.