Total & land area: Guinea vs S. Sudan size comparison [2026]

South Sudan is 2.62 times bigger by total area compared to Guinea: 248,777 sq mi vs 94,926 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 94,873 sq mi for Guinea — a 2.57 times difference in territory size.

Guinea ranks 77/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Guinea occupies 0.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
73.2% of Guinea's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Guinea has 0.38% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
24.7% of Guinea is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Guinea, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Guinea vs South Sudan

See how Guinea and South Sudan 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

	Guinea	South Sudan
Total area	94,926 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.62
Total area rank	77/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.13%
Land area	94,873 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.57
Land area rank	77/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.16%	0.42%
Population	14,754,785	11,943,408
Population density	162.9 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guinea	South Sudan
Forest area	23,433 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	24.7%	11.3%
Forest area rank	68/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	69,475 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	73.2%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	52/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.38%	0.59%
Arable land	23,166 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	24.4%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	42/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	4,995 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.27%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	30/192	106/192
Water area	52.9 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.06%	1.92%
Water area rank	135/197	41/197
Coastline length	198.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	n/a

Guinea vs South Sudan size on the map

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

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