Total & land area: Guatemala vs Russia size comparison

Russia is 156.8 times bigger by total area compared to Guatemala: 6,592,849 sq mi vs 42,042 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Russia is 6,323,145 sq mi vs 41,375 sq mi for Guatemala — a 152.8 times difference in territory size.

Guatemala ranks 105/197 by total surface area vs 1/197 for Russia.
Guatemala occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 11% for Russia.
43% of Guatemala's area is agricultural land vs 13.2% in Russia.
Guatemala has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Russia has 4.52%.
32.6% of Guatemala is covered by forests, compared to 49.8% in Russia.
0.09% of the world's forests are in Guatemala, and 20.2% are in Russia.

True size map comparison: Guatemala vs Russia

See how Guatemala and Russia 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

	Guatemala	Russia
Total area	42,042 sq mi	6,592,849 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	156.8
Total area rank	105/197	1/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	3.35%
Land area	41,375 sq mi	6,323,145 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	152.8
Land area rank	102/197	1/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	11%
Population	18,406,359	143,533,851
Population density	459 ppl/mi²	22.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guatemala	Russia
Forest area	13,487 sq mi	3,147,937 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.6%	49.8%
Forest area rank	84/196	1/196
World's forests share	0.09%	20.2%
Agricultural land area	17,807 sq mi	832,826 sq mi
Agricultural land share	43%	13.2%
Agricultural land area rank	91/194	5/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	4.52%
Arable land	6,000 sq mi	469,689 sq mi
Arable land share	14.5%	7.43%
Arable land area rank	90/191	3/191
Permanent cropland	4,568 sq mi	7,722 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11%	0.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	32/192	23/192
Water area	668 sq mi	269,704 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.59%	4.09%
Water area rank	98/197	2/197
Roads length	10,949 mi	981,326 mi
Land borders length	1,036 mi	13,923 mi
Coastline length	248.5 mi	23,396 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	2.2%

Guatemala vs Russia 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 Guatemala and Russia 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.