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

South Korea is 5.49 times bigger by total area compared to Fiji: 38,724 sq mi vs 7,056 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 7,054 sq mi for Fiji — a 5.34 times difference in territory size.

Fiji ranks 152/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Fiji occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
17.1% of Fiji's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Fiji has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
63.5% of Fiji is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Fiji, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Fiji vs South Korea

See how Fiji 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

	Fiji	South Korea
Total area	7,056 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.49
Total area rank	152/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.02%
Land area	7,054 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.34
Land area rank	152/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.07%
Population	928,784	51,751,065
Population density	132.9 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Fiji	South Korea
Forest area	4,479 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.5%	64.1%
Forest area rank	122/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	1,203 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.1%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	154/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.03%
Arable land	296.5 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	4.2%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	152/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	238.6 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.38%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	119/192	83/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	2.69%
Water area rank	154/197	85/197
Roads length	2,138 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	702 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	2.2%

Fiji 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 Fiji 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.