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

Tunisia is 14.5 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 63,170 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 15.4 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Tunisia

See how the Gambia and Tunisia 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	Tunisia
Total area	4,363 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	14.5
Total area rank	160/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.03%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	15.4
Land area rank	161/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.1%
Population	2,759,988	12,277,109
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Tunisia
Forest area	871 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	4.55%
Forest area rank	153/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.2%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	127/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	20/192
Water area	456 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	5.04%
Water area rank	106/197	52/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	12,272 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	1.1%

Gambia vs Tunisia 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 Tunisia 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.