Total & land area: North Korea vs Tanzania size comparison

Tanzania is 7.86 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 365,756 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tanzania is 342,009 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 7.36 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 30/197 for Tanzania.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.59% for Tanzania.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 44.6% in Tanzania.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Tanzania has 0.83%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 50.1% in Tanzania.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 1.1% are in Tanzania.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Tanzania

See how North Korea and Tanzania 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	Tanzania
Total area	46,541 sq mi	365,756 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	7.86
Total area rank	96/197	30/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.19%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	342,009 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	7.36
Land area rank	97/197	31/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.59%
Population	26,498,823	68,560,157
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	212.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Tanzania
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	171,190 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	50.1%
Forest area rank	70/196	16/196
World's forests share	0.15%	1.1%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	152,592 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	44.6%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	30/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.83%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	52,133 sq mi
Arable land share	19.1%	15.2%
Arable land area rank	79/191	23/191
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	7,794 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	2.28%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	22/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	23,746 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	6.49%
Water area rank	137/197	11/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	90,225 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	2,586 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	885 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	2.3%

North Korea vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.