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

Ghana is 2.19 times bigger by total area compared to Guatemala: 92,099 sq mi vs 42,042 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ghana is 87,851 sq mi vs 41,375 sq mi for Guatemala — a 2.12 times difference in territory size.

Ghana ranks 80/197 by total surface area vs 105/197 for Guatemala.
Ghana occupies 0.15% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Guatemala.
55.4% of Ghana's area is agricultural land vs 43% in Guatemala.
Ghana has 0.26% of the world's agricultural land area — Guatemala has 0.1%.
35.2% of Ghana is covered by forests, compared to 32.6% in Guatemala.
0.2% of the world's forests are in Ghana, and 0.09% are in Guatemala.

True size map comparison: Ghana vs Guatemala

See how Ghana and Guatemala 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

	Ghana	Guatemala
Total area	92,099 sq mi	42,042 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.19	1
Total area rank	80/197	105/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.02%
Land area	87,851 sq mi	41,375 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.12	1
Land area rank	81/197	102/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.15%	0.07%
Population	34,427,414	18,406,359
Population density	407 ppl/mi²	459 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ghana	Guatemala
Forest area	30,917 sq mi	13,487 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	35.2%	32.6%
Forest area rank	58/196	84/196
World's forests share	0.2%	0.09%
Agricultural land area	48,663 sq mi	17,807 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.4%	43%
Agricultural land area rank	66/194	91/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.26%	0.1%
Arable land	18,185 sq mi	6,000 sq mi
Arable land share	20.7%	14.5%
Arable land area rank	51/191	90/191
Permanent cropland	10,454 sq mi	4,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.9%	11%
Permanent cropland area rank	15/192	32/192
Water area	4,248 sq mi	668 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.61%	1.59%
Water area rank	43/197	98/197
Roads length	68,049 mi	10,949 mi
Land borders length	1,504 mi	1,036 mi
Coastline length	335 mi	248.5 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0.9%

Ghana vs Guatemala 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 Ghana and Guatemala 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.