Total & land area: Lebanon vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 61.6 times bigger by total area compared to Lebanon: 248,777 sq mi vs 4,036 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon — a 61.8 times difference in territory size.

Lebanon ranks 162/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Lebanon occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
65.9% of Lebanon's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Lebanon has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
14.2% of Lebanon is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.004% of the world's forests are in Lebanon, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Lebanon vs South Sudan

See how Lebanon and South Sudan 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

	Lebanon	South Sudan
Total area	4,036 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	61.6
Total area rank	162/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.13%
Land area	3,950 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	61.8
Land area rank	160/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.42%
Population	5,805,962	11,943,408
Population density	1,492 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Lebanon	South Sudan
Forest area	560 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.2%	11.3%
Forest area rank	157/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.004%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	2,603 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.9%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	145/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.59%
Arable land	518 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	13.1%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	143/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	541 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	13.7%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	95/192	106/192
Water area	85.7 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.12%	1.92%
Water area rank	127/197	41/197
Roads length	13,487 mi	n/a
Land borders length	301 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	139.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.2%	n/a

Lebanon vs South Sudan 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 Lebanon and South Sudan 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.