Total & land area: North Korea vs Romania size comparison

Romania is 1.98 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 92,046 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Romania is 88,834 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 1.91 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 81/197 for Romania.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Romania.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 55.3% in Romania.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Romania has 0.27%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 30.1% in Romania.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 0.17% are in Romania.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Romania

See how North Korea and Romania 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	Romania
Total area	46,541 sq mi	92,046 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.98
Total area rank	96/197	81/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.05%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	88,834 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.91
Land area rank	97/197	80/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.15%
Population	26,498,823	19,051,804
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	212.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Romania
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	26,753 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	30.1%
Forest area rank	70/196	64/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.17%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	49,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	55.3%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	65/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.27%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	32,460 sq mi
Arable land share	19.1%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	79/191	29/191
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	1,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	1.76%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	58/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	3,211 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	3.49%
Water area rank	137/197	51/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	53,964 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	1,767 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	22.1%

North Korea vs Romania 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 Romania 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.