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

North Korea is 2.12 times bigger by total area compared to Togo: 46,541 sq mi vs 21,925 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of North Korea is 46,491 sq mi vs 21,000 sq mi for Togo — a 2.21 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 123/197 for Togo.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Togo.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 70.2% in Togo.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Togo has 0.08%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 22.1% in Togo.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 0.03% are in Togo.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Togo

See how North Korea and Togo 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	Togo
Total area	46,541 sq mi	21,925 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.12	1
Total area rank	96/197	123/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.01%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	21,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.21	1
Land area rank	97/197	124/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.04%
Population	26,498,823	9,515,236
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	473 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Togo
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	4,635 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	22.1%
Forest area rank	70/196	120/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	14,749 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	70.2%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	98/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.08%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	10,232 sq mi
Arable land share	19.1%	48.7%
Arable land area rank	79/191	70/191
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	656 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	3.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	89/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	925 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	4.22%
Water area rank	137/197	88/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	7,291 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	1,168 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	34.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	0.7%

North Korea vs Togo size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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