Total & land area: N. Korea vs Peru size comparison [2026]

Peru is 10.7 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 496,225 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Peru is 494,211 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 10.6 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 19/197 for Peru.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.86% for Peru.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 19.1% in Peru.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Peru has 0.51%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 56.1% in Peru.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 1.78% are in Peru.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Peru

See how North Korea and Peru 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

	North Korea	Peru
Total area	46,541 sq mi	496,225 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	10.7
Total area rank	96/197	19/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.25%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	494,211 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	10.6
Land area rank	97/197	19/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.86%
Population	26,498,823	34,217,848
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	70.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Peru
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	277,267 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	56.1%
Forest area rank	70/196	10/196
World's forests share	0.15%	1.78%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	94,153 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	19.1%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	46/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.51%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	15,129 sq mi
Arable land share	19.1%	3.06%
Arable land area rank	79/191	60/191
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	8,804 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	1.78%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	18/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	2,014 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	0.41%
Water area rank	137/197	64/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	109,106 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	4,388 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	1,500 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	7.9%

North Korea vs Peru 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 North Korea and Peru 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.