Total & land area: Guinea vs Turkmenistan size comparison

Turkmenistan is 2 times bigger by total area compared to Guinea: 189,657 sq mi vs 94,926 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Turkmenistan is 181,441 sq mi vs 94,873 sq mi for Guinea — a 1.91 times difference in territory size.

Guinea ranks 77/197 by total surface area vs 51/197 for Turkmenistan.
Guinea occupies 0.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Turkmenistan.
73.2% of Guinea's area is agricultural land vs 84.2% in Turkmenistan.
Guinea has 0.38% of the world's agricultural land area — Turkmenistan has 0.83%.
24.7% of Guinea is covered by forests, compared to 8.78% in Turkmenistan.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Guinea, and 0.1% are in Turkmenistan.

True size map comparison: Guinea vs Turkmenistan

See how Guinea and Turkmenistan 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	Turkmenistan
Total area	94,926 sq mi	189,657 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2
Total area rank	77/197	51/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.1%
Land area	94,873 sq mi	181,441 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.91
Land area rank	77/197	53/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.16%	0.32%
Population	14,754,785	7,494,498
Population density	162.9 ppl/mi²	42.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guinea	Turkmenistan
Forest area	23,433 sq mi	15,934 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	24.7%	8.78%
Forest area rank	68/196	75/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	69,475 sq mi	152,812 sq mi
Agricultural land share	73.2%	84.2%
Agricultural land area rank	52/194	29/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.38%	0.83%
Arable land	23,166 sq mi	6,145 sq mi
Arable land share	24.4%	3.39%
Arable land area rank	42/191	88/191
Permanent cropland	4,995 sq mi	153.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.27%	0.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	30/192	129/192
Water area	52.9 sq mi	8,216 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.06%	4.33%
Water area rank	135/197	26/197
Coastline length	198.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	4.2%

Guinea vs Turkmenistan size on the map

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

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