Total & land area: Austria vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 7.68 times bigger by total area compared to Austria: 248,777 sq mi vs 32,386 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 31,861 sq mi for Austria — a 7.66 times difference in territory size.

Austria ranks 113/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Austria occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
31.5% of Austria's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Austria has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
47.2% of Austria is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Austria, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Austria vs South Sudan

See how Austria and South Sudan 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	South Sudan
Total area	32,386 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7.68
Total area rank	113/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.13%
Land area	31,861 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	7.66
Land area rank	113/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.42%
Population	9,177,982	11,943,408
Population density	287.6 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Austria	South Sudan
Forest area	15,051 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	47.2%	11.3%
Forest area rank	79/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	10,028 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.5%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	108/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.59%
Arable land	5,103 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	16%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	96/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	252.9 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.79%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	118/192	106/192
Water area	525 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.62%	1.92%
Water area rank	103/197	41/197
Roads length	78,541 mi	n/a
Land borders length	1,568 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Austria vs South Sudan size on the map

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

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