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

North Korea is 4,795 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 46,541 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of North Korea is 46,491 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 4,014 times difference in territory size.

North Korea ranks 96/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
North Korea occupies 0.08% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
21.6% of North Korea's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
N. Korea has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
49.6% of N. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
0.15% of the world's forests are in North Korea, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: North Korea vs Tuvalu

See how North Korea and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	46,541 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4,795	1
Total area rank	96/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.000005%
Land area	46,491 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4,014	1
Land area rank	97/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.08%	0.00002%
Population	26,498,823	9,646
Population density	573 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	North Korea	Tuvalu
Forest area	23,036 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	49.6%	33.3%
Forest area rank	70/196	189/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	10,021 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	21.6%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	109/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.00004%
Arable land	8,861 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	19.1%	n/a
Arable land area rank	79/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	966 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.08%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	77/192	178/192
Water area	50.2 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.11%	0%
Water area rank	137/197	195/197
Roads length	15,879 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	999 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,550 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	0%

North Korea vs Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu 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.