Total & land area: Japan vs Paraguay size comparison [2026]

Paraguay is slightly bigger by total area compared to Japan: 157,049 sq mi vs 145,936 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 140,761 sq mi for Japan.

Japan ranks 62/197 by total surface area vs 59/197 for Paraguay.
Japan occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.27% for Paraguay.
12.6% of Japan's area is agricultural land vs 54.1% in Paraguay.
Japan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Paraguay has 0.45%.
68.4% of Japan is covered by forests, compared to 38.5% in Paraguay.
0.62% of the world's forests are in Japan, and 0.38% are in Paraguay.

True size map comparison: Japan vs Paraguay

See how Japan and Paraguay 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

	Japan	Paraguay
Total area	145,936 sq mi	157,049 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.08
Total area rank	62/197	59/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.08%
Land area	140,761 sq mi	152,901 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.09
Land area rank	61/197	59/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.27%
Population	123,975,371	6,929,153
Population density	872 ppl/mi²	46.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Japan	Paraguay
Forest area	96,275 sq mi	58,936 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	68.4%	38.5%
Forest area rank	23/196	42/196
World's forests share	0.62%	0.38%
Agricultural land area	17,788 sq mi	82,730 sq mi
Agricultural land share	12.6%	54.1%
Agricultural land area rank	92/194	51/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.45%
Arable land	15,614 sq mi	17,610 sq mi
Arable land share	11.1%	11.5%
Arable land area rank	56/191	52/191
Permanent cropland	981 sq mi	318 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.7%	0.21%
Permanent cropland area rank	75/192	108/192
Water area	5,175 sq mi	4,148 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.55%	2.64%
Water area rank	37/197	44/197
Roads length	757,310 mi	10,333 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	2,892 mi
Coastline length	18,486 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	13.8%	n/a

Japan vs Paraguay 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 Japan and Paraguay 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.