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

Vanuatu is slightly bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 4,707 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Vanuatu is 4,707 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 1.2 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 158/197 for Vanuatu.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.008% for Vanuatu.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 15.3% in Vanuatu.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Vanuatu has 0.004%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 36.3% in Vanuatu.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.01% are in Vanuatu.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Vanuatu

See how the Gambia and Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
Total area	4,363 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.08
Total area rank	160/197	158/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.002%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	4,707 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.2
Land area rank	161/197	157/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.008%
Population	2,759,988	327,777
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	72.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Vanuatu
Forest area	871 sq mi	1,708 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	36.3%
Forest area rank	153/196	141/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	722 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	15.3%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	156/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.004%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	77.2 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	1.64%
Arable land area rank	127/191	165/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	483 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	10.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	99/192
Water area	456 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	0%
Water area rank	106/197	196/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	665 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	1,571 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	0%

Gambia vs Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu 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.