Total & land area: Grenada vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 1,849 times bigger by total area compared to Grenada: 248,777 sq mi vs 134.6 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 131.3 sq mi for Grenada — a 1,859 times difference in territory size.

Grenada ranks 186/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Grenada occupies 0.0002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
23.5% of Grenada's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Grenada has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
52.1% of Grenada is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.0004% of the world's forests are in Grenada, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Grenada vs South Sudan

See how Grenada 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

	Grenada	South Sudan
Total area	134.6 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1,849
Total area rank	186/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.00007%	0.13%
Land area	131.3 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1,859
Land area rank	186/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0002%	0.42%
Population	117,207	11,943,408
Population density	894 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Grenada	South Sudan
Forest area	68.3 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.1%	11.3%
Forest area rank	173/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.0004%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	30.9 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23.5%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	182/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.59%
Arable land	11.6 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	8.82%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	179/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	15.4 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.8%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	166/192	106/192
Water area	3.28 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.44%	1.92%
Water area rank	149/197	41/197
Roads length	700 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	75.2 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Grenada 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 Grenada 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.