Total & land area: Paraguay vs Senegal size comparison

Paraguay is 2.07 times bigger by total area compared to Senegal: 157,049 sq mi vs 75,955 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 74,336 sq mi for Senegal — a 2.06 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 86/197 for Senegal.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.13% for Senegal.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 49.4% in Senegal.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Senegal has 0.2%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 41.3% in Senegal.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.2% are in Senegal.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Senegal

See how Paraguay and Senegal 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	Senegal
Total area	157,049 sq mi	75,955 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.07	1
Total area rank	59/197	86/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.04%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	74,336 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.06	1
Land area rank	59/197	85/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.13%
Population	6,929,153	18,501,984
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	260.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Senegal
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	30,688 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	41.3%
Forest area rank	42/196	59/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.2%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	36,722 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	49.4%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	74/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.2%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	14,788 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	19.9%
Arable land area rank	52/191	61/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	313 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	109/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	1,619 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	2.13%
Water area rank	44/197	71/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	10,355 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	1,668 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	330 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Paraguay vs Senegal 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 Senegal 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.