Total & land area: Guyana vs Ireland size comparison [2026]

Guyana is 3.08 times bigger by total area compared to Ireland: 83,000 sq mi vs 26,949 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Guyana is 81,522 sq mi vs 26,599 sq mi for Ireland — a 3.06 times difference in territory size.

Guyana ranks 83/197 by total surface area vs 118/197 for Ireland.
Guyana occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Ireland.
3.41% of Guyana's area is agricultural land vs 60.8% in Ireland.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Ireland has 0.09%.
87.1% of Guyana is covered by forests, compared to 11.5% in Ireland.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Guyana, and 0.02% are in Ireland.

True size map comparison: Guyana vs Ireland

See how Guyana and Ireland 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

	Guyana	Ireland
Total area	83,000 sq mi	26,949 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.08	1
Total area rank	83/197	118/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.01%
Land area	81,522 sq mi	26,599 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.06	1
Land area rank	82/197	119/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.05%
Population	831,087	5,395,790
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	207 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guyana	Ireland
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	3,066 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	11.5%
Forest area rank	35/196	130/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	2,780 sq mi	16,174 sq mi
Agricultural land share	3.41%	60.8%
Agricultural land area rank	144/194	93/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.09%
Arable land	375 sq mi	1,695 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	6.37%
Arable land area rank	150/191	128/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	0.01%
Permanent cropland area rank	143/192	183/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	350 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.78%	1.3%
Water area rank	76/197	109/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	62,031 mi
Land borders length	1,822 mi	304 mi
Coastline length	285.2 mi	900 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	2.4%

Guyana vs Ireland size on the map

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

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