Total & land area: Kuwait vs N. Korea size comparison [2026]

North Korea is 6.77 times bigger by total area compared to Kuwait: 46,541 sq mi vs 6,880 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of North Korea is 46,491 sq mi vs 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait — a 6.76 times difference in territory size.

Kuwait ranks 153/197 by total surface area vs 96/197 for North Korea.
Kuwait occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for North Korea.
8.42% of Kuwait's area is agricultural land vs 21.6% in North Korea.
Kuwait has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — N. Korea has 0.05%.
0.35% of Kuwait is covered by forests, compared to 49.6% in N. Korea.
0.0002% of the world's forests are in Kuwait, and 0.15% are in North Korea.

True size map comparison: Kuwait vs North Korea

See how Kuwait and North 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

	Kuwait	North Korea
Total area	6,880 sq mi	46,541 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6.77
Total area rank	153/197	96/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.02%
Land area	6,880 sq mi	46,491 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6.76
Land area rank	153/197	97/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.08%
Population	4,897,263	26,498,823
Population density	738 ppl/mi²	573 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Kuwait	North Korea
Forest area	24.1 sq mi	23,036 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.35%	49.6%
Forest area rank	184/196	70/196
World's forests share	0.0002%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	579 sq mi	10,021 sq mi
Agricultural land share	8.42%	21.6%
Agricultural land area rank	158/194	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.05%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	8,861 sq mi
Arable land share	0.45%	19.1%
Arable land area rank	169/191	79/191
Permanent cropland	23.2 sq mi	966 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.34%	2.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	158/192	77/192
Water area	0 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.11%
Water area rank	177/197	137/197
Roads length	3,572 mi	15,879 mi
Land borders length	295.2 mi	999 mi
Coastline length	310 mi	1,550 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.2%	0%

Kuwait vs North 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 Kuwait and North 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.