Total & land area: Ghana vs Netherlands size comparison

Ghana is 6.38 times bigger by total area compared to the Netherlands: 92,099 sq mi vs 14,432 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ghana is 87,851 sq mi vs 13,000 sq mi for the Netherlands — a 6.76 times difference in territory size.

Ghana ranks 80/197 by total surface area vs 133/197 for the Netherlands.
Ghana occupies 0.15% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for the Netherlands.
55.4% of Ghana's area is agricultural land vs 53.5% in the Netherlands.
Ghana has 0.26% of the world's agricultural land area — the Netherlands has 0.04%.
35.2% of Ghana is covered by forests, compared to 11.1% in the Netherlands.
0.2% of the world's forests are in Ghana, and 0.009% are in the Netherlands.

True size map comparison: Ghana vs Netherlands

See how Ghana and the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
Total area	92,099 sq mi	14,432 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.38	1
Total area rank	80/197	133/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.007%
Land area	87,851 sq mi	13,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.76	1
Land area rank	81/197	134/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.15%	0.02%
Population	34,427,414	17,993,485
Population density	407 ppl/mi²	1,402 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ghana	Netherlands
Forest area	30,917 sq mi	1,437 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	35.2%	11.1%
Forest area rank	58/196	145/196
World's forests share	0.2%	0.009%
Agricultural land area	48,663 sq mi	6,961 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.4%	53.5%
Agricultural land area rank	66/194	122/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.26%	0.04%
Arable land	18,185 sq mi	3,896 sq mi
Arable land share	20.7%	30%
Arable land area rank	51/191	107/191
Permanent cropland	10,454 sq mi	139 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.9%	1.07%
Permanent cropland area rank	15/192	134/192
Water area	4,248 sq mi	1,432 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.61%	9.92%
Water area rank	43/197	78/197
Roads length	68,049 mi	88,123 mi
Land borders length	1,504 mi	654 mi
Coastline length	335 mi	280.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	33.6%

Ghana vs Netherlands 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 the Netherlands 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.