Total & land area: North Korea vs Suriname size comparison

Suriname is 1.35 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 63,039 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Suriname is 61,972 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 1.33 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 91/197 for Suriname.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.11% for Suriname.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 0.45% in Suriname.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Suriname has 0.001%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 94.4% in Suriname.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 0.38% are in Suriname.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Suriname

See how North Korea and Suriname 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	Suriname
Total area	46,541 sq mi	63,039 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.35
Total area rank	96/197	91/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.03%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	61,972 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.33
Land area rank	97/197	90/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.11%
Population	26,498,823	634,431
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	10.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Suriname
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	58,531 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	94.4%
Forest area rank	70/196	43/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.38%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	275.8 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	0.45%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	167/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.001%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	204.5 sq mi
Arable land share	19.1%	0.33%
Arable land area rank	79/191	157/191
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	9.53 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	0.02%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	173/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	1,067 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	1.69%
Water area rank	137/197	82/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	2,674 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	1,185 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	239.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	1.5%

North Korea vs Suriname 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 Suriname 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.