Total & land area: Senegal vs South Korea size comparison

Senegal is 1.96 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 75,955 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Senegal is 74,336 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 1.97 times difference in territory size.

Senegal ranks 86/197 by total surface area vs 107/197 for South Korea.
Senegal occupies 0.13% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for South Korea.
49.4% of Senegal's area is agricultural land vs 16.1% in South Korea.
Senegal has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — S. Korea has 0.03%.
41.3% of Senegal is covered by forests, compared to 64.1% in S. Korea.
0.2% of the world's forests are in Senegal, and 0.15% are in South Korea.

True size map comparison: Senegal vs South Korea

See how Senegal 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

	Senegal	South Korea
Total area	75,955 sq mi	38,724 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.96	1
Total area rank	86/197	107/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.02%
Land area	74,336 sq mi	37,684 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.97	1
Land area rank	85/197	105/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.13%	0.07%
Population	18,501,984	51,751,065
Population density	260.6 ppl/mi²	1,371 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Senegal	South Korea
Forest area	30,688 sq mi	24,158 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	41.3%	64.1%
Forest area rank	59/196	67/196
World's forests share	0.2%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	36,722 sq mi	6,054 sq mi
Agricultural land share	49.4%	16.1%
Agricultural land area rank	74/194	128/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.03%
Arable land	14,788 sq mi	5,622 sq mi
Arable land share	19.9%	14.9%
Arable land area rank	61/191	92/191
Permanent cropland	313 sq mi	792 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	2.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	109/192	83/192
Water area	1,619 sq mi	1,041 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.13%	2.69%
Water area rank	71/197	85/197
Roads length	10,355 mi	68,794 mi
Land borders length	1,668 mi	147.3 mi
Coastline length	330 mi	1,499 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	2.2%

Senegal 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 Senegal 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.