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

Sudan is 162.9 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 710,693 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Sudan is 721,239 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 184.6 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 15/197 for Sudan.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.25% for Sudan.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 60.3% in Sudan.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Sudan has 2.36%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 9.55% in Sudan.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.44% are in Sudan.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Sudan

See how the Gambia and Sudan 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	Sudan
Total area	4,363 sq mi	710,693 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	162.9
Total area rank	160/197	15/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.36%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	721,239 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	184.6
Land area rank	161/197	15/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	1.25%
Population	2,759,988	50,448,963
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	73.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Sudan
Forest area	871 sq mi	68,892 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	9.55%
Forest area rank	153/196	36/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.44%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	435,002 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	60.3%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	10/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	2.36%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	81,062 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	11.2%
Arable land area rank	127/191	13/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	834 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	0.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	80/192
Water area	456 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0%
Water area rank	106/197	192/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	19,263 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	4,237 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	530 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	17%

Gambia vs Sudan 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 Sudan 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.