Total & land area: Paraguay vs Spain size comparison [2026]

Spain is 1.24 times bigger by total area compared to Paraguay: 195,364 sq mi vs 157,049 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Spain is 192,934 sq mi vs 152,901 sq mi for Paraguay — a 1.26 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 50/197 for Spain.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.34% for Spain.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 49.6% in Spain.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Spain has 0.52%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 37.2% in Spain.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.46% are in Spain.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Spain

See how Paraguay and Spain 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	Spain
Total area	157,049 sq mi	195,364 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.24
Total area rank	59/197	50/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.1%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	192,934 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.26
Land area rank	59/197	51/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.34%
Population	6,929,153	48,848,840
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	253 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Spain
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	71,757 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	37.2%
Forest area rank	42/196	33/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.46%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	95,648 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	49.6%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	45/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.52%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	44,389 sq mi
Arable land share	11.5%	23%
Arable land area rank	52/191	26/191
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	19,729 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	10.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	10/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	2,430 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	1.24%
Water area rank	44/197	59/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	424,505 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	1,213 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	3,084 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	12.8%

Paraguay vs Spain size on the map

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

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