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

Guyana is 2.33 times bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 83,000 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Guyana is 81,522 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal — a 2.3 times difference in territory size.

Guyana ranks 83/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Guyana occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
3.41% of Guyana's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
87.1% of Guyana is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Guyana, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Guyana vs Portugal

See how Guyana and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	83,000 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.33	1
Total area rank	83/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.02%
Land area	81,522 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.3	1
Land area rank	82/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.06%
Population	831,087	10,694,681
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guyana	Portugal
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	36.2%
Forest area rank	35/196	86/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	2,780 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	3.41%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	144/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.08%
Arable land	375 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	150/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	143/192	41/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.78%	0.67%
Water area rank	76/197	111/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	n/a
Land borders length	1,822 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	285.2 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	16.8%

Guyana vs Portugal size on the map

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

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