Total & land area: Portugal vs South Korea size comparison

South Korea is slightly bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 38,724 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Korea is 37,684 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal.

Portugal ranks 109/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Portugal occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
43.3% of Portugal's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Portugal has 0.08% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
36.2% of Portugal is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Portugal, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Portugal vs South Korea

See how Portugal and South Korea 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

	Portugal	South Korea
Total area	35,608 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.09
Total area rank	109/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.02%
Land area	35,369 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.07
Land area rank	108/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.07%
Population	10,694,681	51,751,065
Population density	302 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Portugal	South Korea
Forest area	12,788 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	36.2%	64.1%
Forest area rank	86/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	15,328 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	43.3%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	95/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.08%	0.03%
Arable land	3,580 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	10.1%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	110/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	3,400 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	9.61%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	41/192	83/192
Water area	239.2 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.67%	2.69%
Water area rank	111/197	85/197
Roads length	n/a	68,794 mi
Land borders length	761 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	1,114 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.8%	2.2%

Portugal vs South Korea 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 Portugal and South Korea 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.