Total & land area: Guatemala vs Vatican size comparison

Guatemala is 222,222 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 42,042 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Guatemala is 41,375 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 243,545 times difference in territory size.

Guatemala ranks 105/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
Guatemala occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

True size map comparison: Guatemala vs Vatican

See how Guatemala and the Vatican 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	Vatican
Total area	42,042 sq mi	0.19 sq mi
Size difference ratio	222,222	1
Total area rank	105/197	197/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.0000001%
Land area	41,375 sq mi	0.17 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	243,545	1
Land area rank	102/197	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.0000003%
Population	18,406,359	1,000
Population density	459 ppl/mi²	5,493 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guatemala	Vatican
Forest area	13,487 sq mi	n/a
Forest area as share of land	32.6%	n/a
Forest area rank	84/196	n/a
World's forests share	0.09%	n/a
Agricultural land area	17,807 sq mi	n/a
Agricultural land share	43%	n/a
Agricultural land area rank	91/194	n/a
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	n/a
Arable land	6,000 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	14.5%	n/a
Arable land area rank	90/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	4,568 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	11%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	32/192	n/a
Water area	668 sq mi	0.02 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.59%	10.2%
Water area rank	98/197	167/197
Roads length	10,949 mi	5.59 mi
Land borders length	1,036 mi	2.11 mi
Coastline length	248.5 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	n/a

Guatemala vs Vatican 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 the Vatican 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.