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

Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi, and the total size is 83,000 sq mi, with inland water included. Guyana rankes 83/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries.
3.41% of its territory is agricultural land.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area.
87.1% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.46% of the world's forests.

Guyana total size and land area

	Guyana	Rank
Total surface area	83,000 sq mi	83/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.04%	N/A
Land area	81,522 sq mi	82/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	N/A
Population	831,087	161/197
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	193/197

Guyana's True Size on the Map

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Guyana's area by type

	Guyana	Rank
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	35/196
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	5/196
World's forests share	0.46%	N/A
Agricultural land	2,780 sq mi	144/194
Agricultural land share	3.41%	187/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	N/A
Arable land	375 sq mi	150/191
Arable land share	0.46%	184/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	143/192
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	164/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	76/197
Water as share of total area	1.78%	92/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	137/176
Land borders length	1,822 mi	65/197
Coastline length	285.2 mi	97/197
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	130/155

Guyana's size on the map

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

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