Total & land area: Liberia vs South Korea size comparison

Liberia is 1.11 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 43,000 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 37,189 sq mi for Liberia.

Liberia ranks 102/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Liberia occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
20% of Liberia's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Liberia has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
78.1% of Liberia is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.19% of the world's forests are in Liberia, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Liberia vs South Korea

See how Liberia 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

	Liberia	South Korea
Total area	43,000 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.11	1
Total area rank	102/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	37,189 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.01
Land area rank	106/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.07%
Population	5,612,817	51,751,065
Population density	157.4 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Liberia	South Korea
Forest area	29,061 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	78.1%	64.1%
Forest area rank	61/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.19%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	7,425 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	20%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	119/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.03%
Arable land	1,931 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	5.19%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	124/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	85/192	83/192
Water area	5,810 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	13.5%	2.69%
Water area rank	33/197	85/197
Roads length	6,587 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,036 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	360 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	2.2%

Liberia 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 Liberia 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.