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

Nepal is 1.47 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 56,827 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Nepal is 55,348 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 1.47 times difference in territory size.

Nepal ranks 93/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Nepal occupies 0.1% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
26.1% of Nepal's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Nepal has 0.08% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
41.6% of Nepal is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Nepal, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Nepal vs South Korea

See how Nepal 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

	Nepal	South Korea
Total area	56,827 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.47	1
Total area rank	93/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.02%
Land area	55,348 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.47	1
Land area rank	92/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.1%	0.07%
Population	29,651,054	51,751,065
Population density	535 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Nepal	South Korea
Forest area	23,020 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	41.6%	64.1%
Forest area rank	71/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	14,456 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	26.1%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	99/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.08%	0.03%
Arable land	6,965 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	12.6%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	85/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	560 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.01%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	94/192	83/192
Water area	1,479 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.6%	2.69%
Water area rank	75/197	85/197
Roads length	49,758 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,963 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Nepal 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 Nepal 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.