Total & land area: Madagascar vs Paraguay size comparison

Madagascar is 1.44 times bigger by total area compared to Paraguay: 226,756 sq mi vs 157,049 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Madagascar is 224,634 sq mi vs 152,901 sq mi for Paraguay — a 1.47 times difference in territory size.

Madagascar ranks 46/197 by total surface area vs 59/197 for Paraguay.
Madagascar occupies 0.39% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.27% for Paraguay.
70.3% of Madagascar's area is agricultural land vs 54.1% in Paraguay.
Madagascar has 0.86% of the world's agricultural land area — Paraguay has 0.45%.
21.3% of Madagascar is covered by forests, compared to 38.5% in Paraguay.
0.31% of the world's forests are in Madagascar, and 0.38% are in Paraguay.

True size map comparison: Madagascar vs Paraguay

See how Madagascar and Paraguay 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

	Madagascar	Paraguay
Total area	226,756 sq mi	157,049 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.44	1
Total area rank	46/197	59/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.12%	0.08%
Land area	224,634 sq mi	152,901 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.47	1
Land area rank	44/197	59/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.39%	0.27%
Population	31,964,956	6,929,153
Population density	149.3 ppl/mi²	46.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Madagascar	Paraguay
Forest area	47,839 sq mi	58,936 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	21.3%	38.5%
Forest area rank	48/196	42/196
World's forests share	0.31%	0.38%
Agricultural land area	157,896 sq mi	82,730 sq mi
Agricultural land share	70.3%	54.1%
Agricultural land area rank	26/194	51/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.86%	0.45%
Arable land	11,583 sq mi	17,610 sq mi
Arable land share	5.16%	11.5%
Arable land area rank	67/191	52/191
Permanent cropland	2,317 sq mi	318 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.03%	0.21%
Permanent cropland area rank	51/192	108/192
Water area	2,122 sq mi	4,148 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	2.64%
Water area rank	63/197	44/197
Roads length	19,660 mi	10,333 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	2,892 mi
Coastline length	3,000 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.3%	n/a

Madagascar vs Paraguay 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 Madagascar and Paraguay 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.