Total & land area: Paraguay vs Saint Lucia size comparison

Paraguay is 659 times bigger by total area compared to Saint Lucia: 157,049 sq mi vs 238.2 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 235.5 sq mi for Saint Lucia — a 649 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 178/197 for Saint Lucia.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0004% for Saint Lucia.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 16.3% in Saint Lucia.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Saint Lucia has 0.0002%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 34% in Saint Lucia.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.0005% are in Saint Lucia.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Saint Lucia

See how Paraguay and Saint Lucia 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	Saint Lucia
Total area	157,049 sq mi	238.2 sq mi
Size difference ratio	659	1
Total area rank	59/197	178/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.0001%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	235.5 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	649	1
Land area rank	59/197	178/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.0004%
Population	6,929,153	179,744
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	767 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	80.2 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	34%
Forest area rank	42/196	172/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.0005%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	38.4 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	16.3%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	178/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.0002%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	10.3 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	4.38%
Arable land area rank	52/191	180/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	26.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	11.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	156/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	2.71 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	1.14%
Water area rank	44/197	150/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	752 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	98.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.3%

Paraguay vs Saint Lucia 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 Paraguay and Saint Lucia 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.