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

Germany is 1.45 times bigger by total area compared to Guinea: 138,065 sq mi vs 94,926 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Germany is 134,916 sq mi vs 94,873 sq mi for Guinea — a 1.42 times difference in territory size.

Germany ranks 63/197 by total surface area vs 77/197 for Guinea.
Germany occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.16% for Guinea.
47.5% of Germany's area is agricultural land vs 73.2% in Guinea.
Germany has 0.35% of the world's agricultural land area — Guinea has 0.38%.
32.7% of Germany is covered by forests, compared to 24.7% in Guinea.
0.28% of the world's forests are in Germany, and 0.15% are in Guinea.

True size map comparison: Germany vs Guinea

See how Germany and Guinea 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	Guinea
Total area	138,065 sq mi	94,926 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.45	1
Total area rank	63/197	77/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.05%
Land area	134,916 sq mi	94,873 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.42	1
Land area rank	63/197	77/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.16%
Population	83,516,593	14,754,785
Population density	612 ppl/mi²	162.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Germany	Guinea
Forest area	44,089 sq mi	23,433 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.7%	24.7%
Forest area rank	51/196	68/196
World's forests share	0.28%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	64,039 sq mi	69,475 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.5%	73.2%
Agricultural land area rank	54/194	52/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.35%	0.38%
Arable land	45,101 sq mi	23,166 sq mi
Arable land share	33.4%	24.4%
Arable land area rank	25/191	42/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	4,995 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.57%	5.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	86/192	30/192
Water area	3,150 sq mi	52.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.28%	0.06%
Water area rank	53/197	135/197
Roads length	515,738 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,295 mi	2,514 mi
Coastline length	1,484 mi	198.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	0.6%

Germany vs Guinea 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 Guinea 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.