Total & land area: Hungary vs South Korea size comparison

South Korea is slightly bigger by total area compared to Hungary: 38,724 sq mi vs 35,912 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 35,236 sq mi for Hungary.

Hungary ranks 108/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Hungary occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
55.7% of Hungary's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Hungary has 0.11% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
22.4% of Hungary is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Hungary, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Hungary vs South Korea

See how Hungary 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

	Hungary	South Korea
Total area	35,912 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.08
Total area rank	108/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	35,236 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.07
Land area rank	109/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.07%
Population	9,562,065	51,751,065
Population density	268.9 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Hungary	South Korea
Forest area	7,910 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.4%	64.1%
Forest area rank	109/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	19,626 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.7%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	87/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.11%	0.03%
Arable land	16,001 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	45.4%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	54/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	579 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.64%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	93/192	83/192
Water area	676 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.88%	2.69%
Water area rank	97/197	85/197
Roads length	130,979 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,309 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Hungary 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 Hungary 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.