Total & land area: Paraguay vs Slovenia size comparison

Paraguay is 20.1 times bigger by total area compared to Slovenia: 157,049 sq mi vs 7,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 7,774 sq mi for Slovenia — a 19.7 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 151/197 for Slovenia.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for Slovenia.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 30.4% in Slovenia.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Slovenia has 0.01%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 61.2% in Slovenia.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.03% are in Slovenia.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Slovenia

See how Paraguay and Slovenia 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	Slovenia
Total area	157,049 sq mi	7,827 sq mi
Size difference ratio	20.1	1
Total area rank	59/197	151/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.004%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	7,774 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	19.7	1
Land area rank	59/197	151/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.01%
Population	6,929,153	2,127,400
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	273.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Slovenia
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	4,756 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	61.2%
Forest area rank	42/196	118/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	2,360 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	30.4%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	147/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.01%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	691 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	8.88%
Arable land area rank	52/191	140/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	210.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	2.71%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	121/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	52.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	0.67%
Water area rank	44/197	136/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	24,224 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	752 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	29 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.9%

Paraguay vs Slovenia size on the map

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

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