Total & land area: Bolivia vs North Korea size comparison

Bolivia is 9.11 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 424,164 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Bolivia is 418,264 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 9 times difference in territory size.

Bolivia ranks 27/197 by total surface area vs 96/197 for North Korea.
Bolivia occupies 0.73% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for North Korea.
35.8% of Bolivia's area is agricultural land vs 21.6% in North Korea.
Bolivia has 0.81% of the world's agricultural land area — N. Korea has 0.05%.
46.3% of Bolivia is covered by forests, compared to 49.6% in N. Korea.
1.24% of the world's forests are in Bolivia, and 0.15% are in North Korea.

True size map comparison: Bolivia vs North Korea

See how Bolivia 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

	Bolivia	North Korea
Total area	424,164 sq mi	46,541 sq mi
Size difference ratio	9.11	1
Total area rank	27/197	96/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.02%
Land area	418,264 sq mi	46,491 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	9	1
Land area rank	27/197	97/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.73%	0.08%
Population	12,413,315	26,498,823
Population density	30.5 ppl/mi²	573 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bolivia	North Korea
Forest area	193,848 sq mi	23,036 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	46.3%	49.6%
Forest area rank	14/196	70/196
World's forests share	1.24%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	149,867 sq mi	10,021 sq mi
Agricultural land share	35.8%	21.6%
Agricultural land area rank	31/194	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.81%	0.05%
Arable land	21,477 sq mi	8,861 sq mi
Arable land share	5.13%	19.1%
Arable land area rank	46/191	79/191
Permanent cropland	976 sq mi	966 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.23%	2.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	76/192	77/192
Water area	5,900 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.39%	0.11%
Water area rank	31/197	137/197
Roads length	n/a	15,879 mi
Land borders length	4,506 mi	999 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,550 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Bolivia 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 Bolivia 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.