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

Paraguay is 11.2 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 157,049 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 10.9 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Taiwan

See how Paraguay and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	157,049 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	11.2	1
Total area rank	59/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.007%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	10.9	1
Land area rank	59/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.02%
Population	6,929,153	23,331,886
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Taiwan
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	60.8%
Forest area rank	42/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.02%
Arable land	17,610 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	11.5%	n/a
Arable land area rank	52/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	318 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	79/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	0%
Water area rank	44/197	193/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Paraguay vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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