Total & land area: Austria vs North Korea size comparison

North Korea is 1.44 times bigger by total area compared to Austria: 46,541 sq mi vs 32,386 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of North Korea is 46,491 sq mi vs 31,861 sq mi for Austria — a 1.46 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 96/197 for North Korea.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for North Korea.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 21.6% in North Korea.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — N. Korea has 0.05%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 49.6% in N. Korea.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 0.15% are in North Korea.

True size map comparison: Austria vs North Korea

See how Austria and North Korea 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

	Austria	North Korea
Total area	32,386 sq mi	46,541 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.44
Total area rank	113/197	96/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	46,491 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.46
Land area rank	113/197	97/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.08%
Population	9,177,982	26,498,823
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	573 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	North Korea
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	23,036 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	49.6%
Forest area rank	79/196	70/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	10,021 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	21.6%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.05%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	8,861 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	19.1%
Arable land area rank	96/191	79/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	966 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	2.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	77/192
Water area	525 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	0.11%
Water area rank	103/197	137/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	15,879 mi
Land borders length	1,568 mi	999 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,550 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Austria vs North Korea size on the map

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

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The map above outlines the borders of Austria and North Korea but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.