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

South Korea is 3.61 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 38,724 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 3.54 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs South Korea

See how Haiti 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

	Haiti	South Korea
Total area	10,714 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3.61
Total area rank	144/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.02%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	3.54
Land area rank	142/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.07%
Population	11,772,557	51,751,065
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	South Korea
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	64.1%
Forest area rank	146/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.03%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	108/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	83/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	2.69%
Water area rank	130/197	85/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	233.6 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	2.2%

Haiti 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 Haiti 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.