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

Ghana is 2.7 times bigger by total area compared to Serbia: 92,099 sq mi vs 34,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ghana is 87,851 sq mi vs 32,467 sq mi for Serbia — a 2.71 times difference in territory size.

Ghana ranks 80/197 by total surface area vs 111/197 for Serbia.
Ghana occupies 0.15% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Serbia.
55.4% of Ghana's area is agricultural land vs 40.4% in Serbia.
Ghana has 0.26% of the world's agricultural land area — Serbia has 0.07%.
35.2% of Ghana is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Serbia.
0.2% of the world's forests are in Ghana, and 0.07% are in Serbia.

True size map comparison: Ghana vs Serbia

See how Ghana and Serbia 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	Serbia
Total area	92,099 sq mi	34,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.7	1
Total area rank	80/197	111/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.02%
Land area	87,851 sq mi	32,467 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.71	1
Land area rank	81/197	111/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.15%	0.06%
Population	34,427,414	6,586,476
Population density	407 ppl/mi²	200 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ghana	Serbia
Forest area	30,917 sq mi	10,516 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	35.2%	32.4%
Forest area rank	58/196	94/196
World's forests share	0.2%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	48,663 sq mi	13,112 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.4%	40.4%
Agricultural land area rank	66/194	102/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.26%	0.07%
Arable land	18,185 sq mi	10,050 sq mi
Arable land share	20.7%	31%
Arable land area rank	51/191	71/191
Permanent cropland	10,454 sq mi	826 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.9%	2.54%
Permanent cropland area rank	15/192	81/192
Water area	4,248 sq mi	1,702 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.61%	4.98%
Water area rank	43/197	69/197
Roads length	68,049 mi	28,222 mi
Land borders length	1,504 mi	1,443 mi
Coastline length	335 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Ghana vs Serbia size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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