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

Libya is 155.7 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 679,363 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Libya is 679,362 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 173.9 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 16/197 for Libya.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.18% for Libya.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 8.72% in Libya.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Libya has 0.32%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 0.12% in Libya.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.005% are in Libya.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Libya

See how the Gambia and Libya 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	Libya
Total area	4,363 sq mi	679,363 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	155.7
Total area rank	160/197	16/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.34%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	679,362 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	173.9
Land area rank	161/197	16/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	1.18%
Population	2,759,988	7,381,023
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	11.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Libya
Forest area	871 sq mi	838 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	0.12%
Forest area rank	153/196	154/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.005%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	59,267 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	8.72%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	56/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.32%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	6,641 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	0.98%
Arable land area rank	127/191	87/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	1,274 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	0.19%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	66/192
Water area	456 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.00006%
Water area rank	106/197	164/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	22,991 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	2,696 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	1,100 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	0.6%

Gambia vs Libya 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 Libya 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.