Total & land area: Gambia vs Philippines size comparison

The Philippines is 30.4 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 132,606 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of the Philippines is 115,124 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 29.5 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 64/197 for the Philippines.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.2% for the Philippines.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 42.7% in the Philippines.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — the Philippines has 0.27%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 24.5% in the Philippines.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.18% are in the Philippines.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Philippines

See how the Gambia and the Philippines 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	Philippines
Total area	4,363 sq mi	132,606 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	30.4
Total area rank	160/197	64/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.07%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	115,124 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	29.5
Land area rank	161/197	71/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.2%
Population	2,759,988	115,843,670
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	1,023 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Philippines
Forest area	871 sq mi	28,159 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	24.5%
Forest area rank	153/196	62/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	49,122 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	42.7%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	64/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.27%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	21,583 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	18.7%
Arable land area rank	127/191	44/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	21,748 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	18.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	9/192
Water area	456 sq mi	17,482 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	13.2%
Water area rank	106/197	12/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	134,457 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	22,549 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	1.6%

Gambia vs Philippines 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 the Philippines 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.