Guatemala's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi, and the total size is 42,042 sq mi, with inland water included. Guatemala rankes 105/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries.
43% of its territory is agricultural land.
Guatemala has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area.
32.6% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.09% of the world's forests.

Guatemala total size and land area

	Guatemala	Rank
Total surface area	42,042 sq mi	105/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.02%	N/A
Land area	41,375 sq mi	102/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	N/A
Population	18,406,359	70/197
Population density	459 ppl/mi²	60/197

Guatemala's True Size on the Map

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Guatemala's area by type

	Guatemala	Rank
Forest area	13,487 sq mi	84/196
Forest area as share of land	32.6%	95/196
World's forests share	0.09%	N/A
Agricultural land	17,807 sq mi	91/194
Agricultural land share	43%	84/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	N/A
Arable land	6,000 sq mi	90/191
Arable land share	14.5%	73/191
Permanent cropland	4,568 sq mi	32/192
Permanent cropland share	11%	26/192
Water area	668 sq mi	98/197
Water as share of total area	1.59%	101/197
Roads length	10,949 mi	102/176
Land borders length	1,036 mi	99/197
Coastline length	248.5 mi	105/197
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	94/155

Guatemala's size on the map

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

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