Total & land area: Eswatini vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 37.1 times bigger by total area compared to Eswatini: 248,777 sq mi vs 6,704 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 6,641 sq mi for Eswatini — a 36.7 times difference in territory size.

Eswatini ranks 154/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Eswatini occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
69.5% of Eswatini's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Eswatini has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
29.1% of Eswatini is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.01% of the world's forests are in Eswatini, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Eswatini vs South Sudan

See how Eswatini and South Sudan 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

	Eswatini	South Sudan
Total area	6,704 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	37.1
Total area rank	154/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.13%
Land area	6,641 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	36.7
Land area rank	154/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.42%
Population	1,242,822	11,943,408
Population density	191.2 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Eswatini	South Sudan
Forest area	1,935 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	29.1%	11.3%
Forest area rank	140/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	4,614 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	69.5%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	136/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.59%
Arable land	683 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	141/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	69.5 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.05%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	147/192	106/192
Water area	63.3 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	1.92%
Water area rank	132/197	41/197
Roads length	2,342 mi	n/a
Land borders length	339 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Eswatini vs South Sudan 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 Eswatini and South Sudan 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.