Total & land area: Belgium vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 21 times bigger by total area compared to Belgium: 248,777 sq mi vs 11,849 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 11,774 sq mi for Belgium — a 20.7 times difference in territory size.

Belgium ranks 137/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Belgium occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
44.4% of Belgium's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Belgium has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
22.6% of Belgium is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Belgium, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Belgium vs South Sudan

See how Belgium 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

	Belgium	South Sudan
Total area	11,849 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	21
Total area rank	137/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.13%
Land area	11,774 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	20.7
Land area rank	136/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.42%
Population	11,858,610	11,943,408
Population density	1,011 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belgium	South Sudan
Forest area	2,661 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.6%	11.3%
Forest area rank	133/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	5,225 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	44.4%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	133/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.59%
Arable land	3,333 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	28.3%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	112/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	89.6 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.76%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	145/192	106/192
Water area	74.9 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.63%	1.92%
Water area rank	129/197	41/197
Roads length	73,579 mi	n/a
Land borders length	806 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	41.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	38.3%	n/a

Belgium vs South Sudan 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 Belgium and South Sudan 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.