Total & land area: Ghana vs Montenegro size comparison

Ghana is 17.2 times bigger by total area compared to Montenegro: 92,099 sq mi vs 5,360 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ghana is 87,851 sq mi vs 5,193 sq mi for Montenegro — a 16.9 times difference in territory size.

Ghana ranks 80/197 by total surface area vs 156/197 for Montenegro.
Ghana occupies 0.15% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.009% for Montenegro.
55.4% of Ghana's area is agricultural land vs 19.6% in Montenegro.
Ghana has 0.26% of the world's agricultural land area — Montenegro has 0.006%.
35.2% of Ghana is covered by forests, compared to 61.5% in Montenegro.
0.2% of the world's forests are in Ghana, and 0.02% are in Montenegro.

True size map comparison: Ghana vs Montenegro

See how Ghana and Montenegro 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	Montenegro
Total area	92,099 sq mi	5,360 sq mi
Size difference ratio	17.2	1
Total area rank	80/197	156/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.003%
Land area	87,851 sq mi	5,193 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	16.9	1
Land area rank	81/197	156/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.15%	0.009%
Population	34,427,414	623,525
Population density	407 ppl/mi²	117.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ghana	Montenegro
Forest area	30,917 sq mi	3,193 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	35.2%	61.5%
Forest area rank	58/196	128/196
World's forests share	0.2%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	48,663 sq mi	1,017 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.4%	19.6%
Agricultural land area rank	66/194	155/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.26%	0.006%
Arable land	18,185 sq mi	34.9 sq mi
Arable land share	20.7%	0.67%
Arable land area rank	51/191	167/191
Permanent cropland	10,454 sq mi	20.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.9%	0.39%
Permanent cropland area rank	15/192	161/192
Water area	4,248 sq mi	167.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.61%	3.12%
Water area rank	43/197	120/197
Roads length	68,049 mi	4,823 mi
Land borders length	1,504 mi	423 mi
Coastline length	335 mi	182.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	5.6%

Ghana vs Montenegro 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 Montenegro 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.