Total & land area: Gambia vs New Zealand size comparison

New Zealand is 23.7 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 103,483 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of New Zealand is 101,665 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 26 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 74/197 for New Zealand.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.18% for New Zealand.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 36.9% in New Zealand.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — New Zealand has 0.2%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 37.8% in New Zealand.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.25% are in New Zealand.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs New Zealand

See how the Gambia and New Zealand 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	New Zealand
Total area	4,363 sq mi	103,483 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	23.7
Total area rank	160/197	74/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.05%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	101,665 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	26
Land area rank	161/197	74/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.18%
Population	2,759,988	5,287,500
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	52.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	New Zealand
Forest area	871 sq mi	38,418 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	37.8%
Forest area rank	153/196	53/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.25%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	37,494 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	36.9%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	72/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.2%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	2,008 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	1.97%
Arable land area rank	127/191	123/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	278 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	0.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	115/192
Water area	456 sq mi	1,819 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	1.76%
Water area rank	106/197	65/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	60,159 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	9,404 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	30.4%

Gambia vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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.