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

Niger is 112.1 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 489,191 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 125.2 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Niger

See how the Gambia and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	4,363 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	112.1
Total area rank	160/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.25%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	125.2
Land area rank	161/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.85%
Population	2,759,988	27,032,412
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Niger
Forest area	871 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	0.82%
Forest area rank	153/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.98%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	14%
Arable land area rank	127/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	100/192
Water area	456 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0.02%
Water area rank	106/197	124/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	n/a

Gambia vs Niger 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 Niger 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.