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

South Sudan is 35.3 times bigger by total area compared to Fiji: 248,777 sq mi vs 7,056 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 7,054 sq mi for Fiji — a 34.6 times difference in territory size.

Fiji ranks 152/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Fiji occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
17.1% of Fiji's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Fiji has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
63.5% of Fiji is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Fiji, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Fiji vs South Sudan

See how Fiji 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

	Fiji	South Sudan
Total area	7,056 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	35.3
Total area rank	152/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.13%
Land area	7,054 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	34.6
Land area rank	152/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.42%
Population	928,784	11,943,408
Population density	132.9 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Fiji	South Sudan
Forest area	4,479 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.5%	11.3%
Forest area rank	122/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	1,203 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.1%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	154/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.59%
Arable land	296.5 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	4.2%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	152/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	238.6 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.38%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	119/192	106/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	1.92%
Water area rank	154/197	41/197
Roads length	2,138 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	702 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	n/a

Fiji 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 Fiji 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.