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

Chile is 7.54 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 291,933 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Chile is 286,809 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 7.61 times difference in territory size.

Chile ranks 37/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Chile occupies 0.5% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
14.4% of Chile's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Chile has 0.22% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
25% of Chile is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.46% of the world's forests are in Chile, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Chile vs South Korea

See how Chile 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

	Chile	South Korea
Total area	291,933 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.54	1
Total area rank	37/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.15%	0.02%
Land area	286,809 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.61	1
Land area rank	38/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.5%	0.07%
Population	19,764,771	51,751,065
Population density	69.6 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Chile	South Korea
Forest area	71,736 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	25%	64.1%
Forest area rank	34/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.46%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	41,303 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	14.4%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	68/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.22%	0.03%
Arable land	5,432 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	1.89%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	93/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	1,958 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.68%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	55/192	83/192
Water area	5,124 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.76%	2.69%
Water area rank	38/197	85/197
Roads length	53,427 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	4,847 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	3,999 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.2%	2.2%

Chile 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 Chile 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.