Paraguay's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Paraguay's land area is 152,901 sq mi, and the total size is 157,049 sq mi, with inland water included. Paraguay rankes 59/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries.
54.1% of its territory is agricultural land.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area.
38.5% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.38% of the world's forests.

Paraguay total size and land area

	Paraguay	Rank
Total surface area	157,049 sq mi	59/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.08%	N/A
Land area	152,901 sq mi	59/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	N/A
Population	6,929,153	107/197
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	177/197

Paraguay's True Size on the Map

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Paraguay's area by type

	Paraguay	Rank
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	42/196
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	73/196
World's forests share	0.38%	N/A
Agricultural land	82,730 sq mi	51/194
Agricultural land share	54.1%	50/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	N/A
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	52/191
Arable land share	11.5%	88/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	108/192
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	159/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	44/197
Water as share of total area	2.64%	62/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	104/176
Land borders length	2,892 mi	39/197
Coastline length	0 mi	184/197

Paraguay's size on the map

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

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