Total & land area: Paraguay vs South Sudan size comparison

South Sudan is 1.58 times bigger by total area compared to Paraguay: 248,777 sq mi vs 157,049 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 152,901 sq mi for Paraguay — a 1.6 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs South Sudan

See how Paraguay and South Sudan 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	South Sudan
Total area	157,049 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.58
Total area rank	59/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.13%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.6
Land area rank	59/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.42%
Population	6,929,153	11,943,408
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	South Sudan
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	11.3%
Forest area rank	42/196	63/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.59%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	52/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	106/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	1.92%
Water area rank	44/197	41/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,892 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Paraguay vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan 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.