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

South Korea is 1.12 times bigger by total area compared to Jordan: 38,724 sq mi vs 34,495 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 34,284 sq mi for Jordan.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs South Korea

See how Jordan 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

	Jordan	South Korea
Total area	34,495 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.12
Total area rank	110/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.1
Land area rank	110/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.07%
Population	11,552,876	51,751,065
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	South Korea
Forest area	376 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	64.1%
Forest area rank	159/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.03%
Arable land	788 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	139/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	83/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	2.69%
Water area rank	115/197	85/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	2.2%

Jordan 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 Jordan 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.