Total & land area: Guyana vs Saudi Arabia size comparison

Saudi Arabia is 10.5 times bigger by total area compared to Guyana: 868,730 sq mi vs 83,000 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Saudi Arabia is 830,000 sq mi vs 81,522 sq mi for Guyana — a 10.2 times difference in territory size.

Guyana ranks 83/197 by total surface area vs 12/197 for Saudi Arabia.
Guyana occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.44% for Saudi Arabia.
3.41% of Guyana's area is agricultural land vs 80.8% in Saudi Arabia.
Guyana has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Saudi Arabia has 3.64%.
87.1% of Guyana is covered by forests, compared to 0.45% in Saudi Arabia.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Guyana, and 0.02% are in Saudi Arabia.

True size map comparison: Guyana vs Saudi Arabia

See how Guyana and Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
Total area	83,000 sq mi	868,730 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	10.5
Total area rank	83/197	12/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.44%
Land area	81,522 sq mi	830,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	10.2
Land area rank	82/197	12/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	1.44%
Population	831,087	35,300,280
Population density	10.3 ppl/mi²	44.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Guyana	Saudi Arabia
Forest area	70,995 sq mi	3,772 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	87.1%	0.45%
Forest area rank	35/196	126/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	2,780 sq mi	670,418 sq mi
Agricultural land share	3.41%	80.8%
Agricultural land area rank	144/194	8/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	3.64%
Arable land	375 sq mi	13,245 sq mi
Arable land share	0.46%	1.6%
Arable land area rank	150/191	65/191
Permanent cropland	112 sq mi	799 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.14%	0.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	143/192	82/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	38,730 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.78%	4.46%
Water area rank	76/197	9/197
Roads length	2,482 mi	137,554 mi
Land borders length	1,822 mi	2,654 mi
Coastline length	285.2 mi	1,640 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	3.5%

Guyana vs Saudi Arabia size on the map

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

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