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

Niger is 5.89 times bigger by total area compared to Guyana: 489,191 sq mi vs 83,000 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Niger is 489,076 sq mi vs 81,522 sq mi for Guyana — a 6 times difference in territory size.

Guyana ranks 83/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Guyana occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
3.41% of Guyana's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
87.1% of Guyana is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Guyana, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Guyana vs Niger

See how Guyana and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	83,000 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.89
Total area rank	83/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.25%
Land area	81,522 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6
Land area rank	82/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.85%
Population	831,087	27,032,412
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guyana	Niger
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	0.82%
Forest area rank	35/196	124/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	2,780 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	3.41%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	144/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.98%
Arable land	375 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	14%
Arable land area rank	150/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	143/192	100/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.78%	0.02%
Water area rank	76/197	124/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	1,822 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	285.2 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Guyana vs Niger size on the map

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

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