Total & land area: Myanmar vs South Korea size comparison

Myanmar is 6.75 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 261,228 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 6.69 times difference in territory size.

Myanmar ranks 39/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Myanmar occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
19.9% of Myanmar's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Myanmar has 0.27% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
42.4% of Myanmar is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.69% of the world's forests are in Myanmar, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Myanmar vs South Korea

See how Myanmar 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

	Myanmar	South Korea
Total area	261,228 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.75	1
Total area rank	39/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.02%
Land area	251,997 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.69	1
Land area rank	39/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.07%
Population	54,500,091	51,751,065
Population density	219.1 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Myanmar	South Korea
Forest area	106,853 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	42.4%	64.1%
Forest area rank	22/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.69%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	50,183 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.9%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	63/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.27%	0.03%
Arable land	42,500 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	16.9%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	28/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	5,830 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.31%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	28/192	83/192
Water area	9,231 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.53%	2.69%
Water area rank	25/197	85/197
Roads length	97,555 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	4,053 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,199 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	2.2%

Myanmar 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 Myanmar 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.