Total & land area: Germany vs Ghana size comparison [2026]

Germany is 1.5 times bigger by total area compared to Ghana: 138,065 sq mi vs 92,099 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Germany is 134,916 sq mi vs 87,851 sq mi for Ghana — a 1.54 times difference in territory size.

Germany ranks 63/197 by total surface area vs 80/197 for Ghana.
Germany occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Ghana.
47.5% of Germany's area is agricultural land vs 55.4% in Ghana.
Germany has 0.35% of the world's agricultural land area — Ghana has 0.26%.
32.7% of Germany is covered by forests, compared to 35.2% in Ghana.
0.28% of the world's forests are in Germany, and 0.2% are in Ghana.

True size map comparison: Germany vs Ghana

See how Germany and Ghana 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

	Germany	Ghana
Total area	138,065 sq mi	92,099 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.5	1
Total area rank	63/197	80/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.05%
Land area	134,916 sq mi	87,851 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.54	1
Land area rank	63/197	81/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.15%
Population	83,516,593	34,427,414
Population density	612 ppl/mi²	407 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Germany	Ghana
Forest area	44,089 sq mi	30,917 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.7%	35.2%
Forest area rank	51/196	58/196
World's forests share	0.28%	0.2%
Agricultural land area	64,039 sq mi	48,663 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.5%	55.4%
Agricultural land area rank	54/194	66/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.35%	0.26%
Arable land	45,101 sq mi	18,185 sq mi
Arable land share	33.4%	20.7%
Arable land area rank	25/191	51/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	10,454 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.57%	11.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	86/192	15/192
Water area	3,150 sq mi	4,248 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.28%	4.61%
Water area rank	53/197	43/197
Roads length	515,738 mi	68,049 mi
Land borders length	2,295 mi	1,504 mi
Coastline length	1,484 mi	335 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	0.1%

Germany vs Ghana 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 Germany and Ghana 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.