Total & land area: Mexico vs S. Korea size comparison [2026]

Mexico is 19.7 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 761,606 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 19.9 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs South Korea

See how Mexico 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

	Mexico	South Korea
Total area	761,606 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	19.7	1
Total area rank	13/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.02%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	19.9	1
Land area rank	13/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.07%
Population	130,861,007	51,751,065
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	South Korea
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	64.1%
Forest area rank	11/196	67/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.03%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	15/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	83/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	2.69%
Water area rank	19/197	85/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	2,727 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	2.2%

Mexico vs South Korea size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/size/mexico/south-korea | CC BY

The map above outlines the borders of Mexico 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.