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

Paraguay is 16,180 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 157,049 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Paraguay is 152,901 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 13,200 times difference in territory size.

Paraguay ranks 59/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
Paraguay occupies 0.27% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
54.1% of Paraguay's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
Paraguay has 0.45% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
38.5% of Paraguay is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
0.38% of the world's forests are in Paraguay, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: Paraguay vs Tuvalu

See how Paraguay and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	157,049 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	16,180	1
Total area rank	59/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.000005%
Land area	152,901 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	13,200	1
Land area rank	59/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.27%	0.00002%
Population	6,929,153	9,646
Population density	46.4 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Paraguay	Tuvalu
Forest area	58,936 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	38.5%	33.3%
Forest area rank	42/196	189/196
World's forests share	0.38%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	82,730 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	54.1%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	51/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.45%	0.00004%
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	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.21%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	108/192	178/192
Water area	4,148 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.64%	0%
Water area rank	44/197	195/197
Roads length	10,333 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	2,892 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Paraguay vs Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu 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.