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

Guyana is 75.6 times bigger by total area compared to Samoa: 83,000 sq mi vs 1,097 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Guyana is 81,522 sq mi vs 1,073 sq mi for Samoa — a 75.9 times difference in territory size.

Guyana ranks 83/197 by total surface area vs 168/197 for Samoa.
Guyana occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Samoa.
3.41% of Guyana's area is agricultural land vs 17.6% in Samoa.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Samoa has 0.001%.
87.1% of Guyana is covered by forests, compared to 57.6% in Samoa.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Guyana, and 0.004% are in Samoa.

True size map comparison: Guyana vs Samoa

See how Guyana and Samoa 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	Samoa
Total area	83,000 sq mi	1,097 sq mi
Size difference ratio	75.6	1
Total area rank	83/197	168/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.0006%
Land area	81,522 sq mi	1,073 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	75.9	1
Land area rank	82/197	168/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.002%
Population	831,087	218,019
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	205.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guyana	Samoa
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	619 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	57.6%
Forest area rank	35/196	156/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	2,780 sq mi	188.5 sq mi
Agricultural land share	3.41%	17.6%
Agricultural land area rank	144/194	169/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.001%
Arable land	375 sq mi	41.4 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	3.85%
Arable land area rank	150/191	166/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	122.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	11.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	143/192	139/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	23.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.78%	2.18%
Water area rank	76/197	139/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	715 mi
Land borders length	1,822 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	285.2 mi	250.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0.2%

Guyana vs Samoa size on the map

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

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