Total & land area: Gambia vs Nicaragua size comparison

Nicaragua is 10.6 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 46,464 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Nicaragua is 46,464 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 11.9 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 97/197 for Nicaragua.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for Nicaragua.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 42.3% in Nicaragua.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Nicaragua has 0.11%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 25.8% in Nicaragua.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.08% are in Nicaragua.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Nicaragua

See how the Gambia and Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
Total area	4,363 sq mi	46,464 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	10.6
Total area rank	160/197	97/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.02%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	46,464 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	11.9
Land area rank	161/197	98/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.08%
Population	2,759,988	6,916,140
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	152.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Nicaragua
Forest area	871 sq mi	11,998 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	25.8%
Forest area rank	153/196	89/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	19,656 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	42.3%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	86/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.11%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	5,803 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	12.5%
Arable land area rank	127/191	91/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	1,143 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	2.46%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	70/192
Water area	456 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0%
Water area rank	106/197	184/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	14,849 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	779 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	565 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	3.6%

Gambia vs Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua 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.