Total & land area: Brazil vs S. Korea size comparison [2026]

Brazil is 84.9 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 85.6 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs South Korea

See how Brazil and South 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

	Brazil	South Korea
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	84.9	1
Total area rank	5/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.02%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	85.6	1
Land area rank	5/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.07%
Population	211,998,573	51,751,065
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	South Korea
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	64.1%
Forest area rank	2/196	67/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.03%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	5/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	83/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	2.69%
Water area rank	6/197	85/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	2.2%

Brazil vs South 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 Brazil and South 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.