Total & land area: Liberia vs North Korea size comparison

North Korea is slightly bigger by total area compared to Liberia: 46,541 sq mi vs 43,000 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of North Korea is 46,491 sq mi vs 37,189 sq mi for Liberia — a 1.25 times difference in territory size.

Liberia ranks 102/197 by total surface area vs 96/197 for North Korea.
Liberia occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for North Korea.
20% of Liberia's area is agricultural land vs 21.6% in North Korea.
Liberia has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — N. Korea has 0.05%.
78.1% of Liberia is covered by forests, compared to 49.6% in N. Korea.
0.19% of the world's forests are in Liberia, and 0.15% are in North Korea.

True size map comparison: Liberia vs North Korea

See how Liberia 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

	Liberia	North Korea
Total area	43,000 sq mi	46,541 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.08
Total area rank	102/197	96/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	37,189 sq mi	46,491 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.25
Land area rank	106/197	97/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.08%
Population	5,612,817	26,498,823
Population density	157.4 ppl/mi²	573 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Liberia	North Korea
Forest area	29,061 sq mi	23,036 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	78.1%	49.6%
Forest area rank	61/196	70/196
World's forests share	0.19%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	7,425 sq mi	10,021 sq mi
Agricultural land share	20%	21.6%
Agricultural land area rank	119/194	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.05%
Arable land	1,931 sq mi	8,861 sq mi
Arable land share	5.19%	19.1%
Arable land area rank	124/191	79/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	966 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	2.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	85/192	77/192
Water area	5,810 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	13.5%	0.11%
Water area rank	33/197	137/197
Roads length	6,587 mi	15,879 mi
Land borders length	1,036 mi	999 mi
Coastline length	360 mi	1,550 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0%

Liberia 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 Liberia 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.