Total & land area: Paraguay vs Philippines size comparison

Paraguay is 1.18 times bigger by total area compared to the Philippines: 157,049 sq mi vs 132,606 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 115,124 sq mi for the Philippines — a 1.33 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 64/197 for the Philippines.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.2% for the Philippines.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 42.7% in the Philippines.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — the Philippines has 0.27%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 24.5% in the Philippines.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.18% are in the Philippines.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Philippines

See how Paraguay and the Philippines 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

	Paraguay	Philippines
Total area	157,049 sq mi	132,606 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.18	1
Total area rank	59/197	64/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.07%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	115,124 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.33	1
Land area rank	59/197	71/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.2%
Population	6,929,153	115,843,670
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	1,023 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Philippines
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	28,159 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	24.5%
Forest area rank	42/196	62/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	49,122 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	42.7%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	64/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.27%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	21,583 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	18.7%
Arable land area rank	52/191	44/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	21,748 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	18.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	9/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	17,482 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	13.2%
Water area rank	44/197	12/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	134,457 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	22,549 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.6%

Paraguay vs Philippines size on the map

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

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