| Location | Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana |
| Geographic coordinates | 4 00 N, 56 00 W |
| Map references | South America |
| Area | total: 163,820 sq km land: 156,000 sq km water: 7,820 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly larger than Georgia |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,907 km border countries (3): Brazil 515 km, French Guiana 556 km, Guyana 836 km |
| Coastline | 386 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical; moderated by trade winds |
| Terrain | mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m mean elevation: 246 m |
| Natural resources | timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
| Land use | agricultural land: 0.5% (2018 est.) arable land: 0.4% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 0.1% (2018 est.) forest: 94.6% (2018 est.) other: 4.9% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 570 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 99 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | flooding |
| Geography - note | smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
