Total & land area: Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan size comparison

Saudi Arabia is 62.2 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 868,730 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Saudi Arabia is 830,000 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 59.4 times difference in territory size.

Saudi Arabia ranks 12/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Saudi Arabia occupies 1.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
80.8% of Saudi Arabia's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Saudi Arabia has 3.64% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
0.45% of Saudi Arabia is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Saudi Arabia, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan

See how Saudi Arabia 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

	Saudi Arabia	Taiwan
Total area	868,730 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	62.2	1
Total area rank	12/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.44%	0.007%
Land area	830,000 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	59.4	1
Land area rank	12/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.44%	0.02%
Population	35,300,280	23,331,886
Population density	44.1 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Saudi Arabia	Taiwan
Forest area	3,772 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.45%	60.8%
Forest area rank	126/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	670,418 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	80.8%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	8/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	3.64%	0.02%
Arable land	13,245 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	1.6%	n/a
Arable land area rank	65/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	799 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.1%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	82/192	79/192
Water area	38,730 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.46%	0%
Water area rank	9/197	193/197
Roads length	137,554 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	2,654 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,640 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.5%	n/a

Saudi Arabia 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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