Guinea is 1.02× the size of Ghana
Guinea covers about 244,000 km² (94,300 mi²) and Ghana about 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 244,000km²Guinea
- 239,000km²Ghana
200 km
- Guinea
- Ghana
What fits
- Ghana is 98% of the size of Guinea.
- Guinea is larger by 5,630 km² (2,180 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Ghana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guinea is about 7.97, Ghana about 7.78.
How they differ
- Guinea is larger, but Ghana has the larger population: 32.8 million against 17.5 million, 1.87× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ghana against 72 in Guinea: Ghana is 1.92× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,100 km apart.
- Together Guinea and Ghana cover 483,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,630 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At Ghana's density, Guinea would have 33.6 million people (it has 17.5 million). At Guinea's density, Ghana would have 17.1 million (it has 32.8 million).
- Guinea's centre is 2.5° of latitude, about 280 km, farther north than Ghana's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Guinea | 1.02× |
| More people | Ghana | 1.87× |
| More crowded | Ghana | 1.92× |
| Farther north | Guinea | 2.5° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Guinea | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 7.97× | 7.78× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.00× | 0.98× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.68× | 0.67× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.65× | 0.64× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.45× | 0.44× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.08× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Guinea | Ghana | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 244,000 km²94,300 mi² | 239,000 km²92,200 mi² |
| Population | 17.5 millionWikidata, 2025 | 32.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 72 per km² | 138 per km² |
| Official area | 246,000 km²Wikidata | 239,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Conakry | Accra |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 13°N | 5°N to 11°N |
| Continent | Africa | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 239,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 239,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11