Total & land area: Peru vs S. Sudan size comparison [2026]

Peru is 1.99 times bigger by total area compared to South Sudan: 496,225 sq mi vs 248,777 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Peru is 494,211 sq mi vs 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan — a 2.03 times difference in territory size.

Peru ranks 19/197 by total surface area vs 41/197 for South Sudan.
Peru occupies 0.86% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.42% for South Sudan.
19.1% of Peru's area is agricultural land vs 44.9% in South Sudan.
Peru has 0.51% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Sudan has 0.59%.
56.1% of Peru is covered by forests, compared to 11.3% in S. Sudan.
1.78% of the world's forests are in Peru, and 0.18% are in South Sudan.

True size map comparison: Peru vs South Sudan

See how Peru 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

	Peru	South Sudan
Total area	496,225 sq mi	248,777 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.99	1
Total area rank	19/197	41/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.25%	0.13%
Land area	494,211 sq mi	243,990 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.03	1
Land area rank	19/197	41/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.86%	0.42%
Population	34,217,848	11,943,408
Population density	70.7 ppl/mi²	51 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Peru	South Sudan
Forest area	277,267 sq mi	27,633 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	56.1%	11.3%
Forest area rank	10/196	63/196
World's forests share	1.78%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	94,153 sq mi	109,449 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.1%	44.9%
Agricultural land area rank	46/194	40/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.51%	0.59%
Arable land	15,129 sq mi	9,611 sq mi
Arable land share	3.06%	3.94%
Arable land area rank	60/191	76/191
Permanent cropland	8,804 sq mi	328 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.78%	0.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	18/192	106/192
Water area	2,014 sq mi	4,787 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.41%	1.92%
Water area rank	64/197	41/197
Roads length	109,106 mi	n/a
Land borders length	4,388 mi	3,739 mi
Coastline length	1,500 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.9%	n/a

Peru 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 Peru 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.