Total & land area: Dominica vs South Korea size comparison

South Korea is 133.5 times bigger by total area compared to Dominica: 38,724 sq mi vs 290 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 289.6 sq mi for Dominica — a 130.1 times difference in territory size.

Dominica ranks 175/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Dominica occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
33.3% of Dominica's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Dominica has 0.0005% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
63.8% of Dominica is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Dominica, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Dominica vs South Korea

See how Dominica 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

	Dominica	South Korea
Total area	290 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	133.5
Total area rank	175/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0001%	0.02%
Land area	289.6 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	130.1
Land area rank	175/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.07%
Population	66,205	51,751,065
Population density	226.3 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Dominica	South Korea
Forest area	184.8 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.8%	64.1%
Forest area rank	163/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	96.5 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	33.3%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	173/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0005%	0.03%
Arable land	23.2 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	8%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	172/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	65.6 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	22.7%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	148/192	83/192
Water area	0.42 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	2.69%
Water area rank	160/197	85/197
Roads length	940 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	92 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	2.2%

Dominica 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 Dominica 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.