Total & land area: Morocco vs South Korea size comparison

Morocco is 4.45 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 172,414 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Morocco is 172,317 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 4.57 times difference in territory size.

Morocco ranks 57/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Morocco occupies 0.3% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
66.7% of Morocco's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Morocco has 0.62% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
12.9% of Morocco is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.14% of the world's forests are in Morocco, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Morocco vs South Korea

See how Morocco 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

	Morocco	South Korea
Total area	172,414 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4.45	1
Total area rank	57/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.09%	0.02%
Land area	172,317 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.57	1
Land area rank	55/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.3%	0.07%
Population	38,081,173	51,751,065
Population density	225.1 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Morocco	South Korea
Forest area	22,293 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.9%	64.1%
Forest area rank	72/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.14%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	115,013 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	66.7%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	38/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.62%	0.03%
Arable land	26,541 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	15.4%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	37/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	7,391 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	4.29%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	25/192	83/192
Water area	96.5 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.06%	2.69%
Water area rank	126/197	85/197
Roads length	35,626 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	2,189 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,830 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.3%	2.2%

Morocco 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 Morocco 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.