Total & land area: Colombia vs South Korea size comparison

Colombia is 11.4 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 440,831 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 11.4 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs South Korea

See how Colombia 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

	Colombia	South Korea
Total area	440,831 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	11.4	1
Total area rank	25/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.02%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	11.4	1
Land area rank	26/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.07%
Population	52,886,363	51,751,065
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	South Korea
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	64.1%
Forest area rank	13/196	67/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.03%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	73/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	83/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	2.69%
Water area rank	17/197	85/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	2.2%

Colombia 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 Colombia 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.