Total & land area: South Korea vs Zimbabwe size comparison

Zimbabwe is 3.9 times bigger by total area compared to South Korea: 150,872 sq mi vs 38,724 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Zimbabwe is 149,364 sq mi vs 37,684 sq mi for South Korea — a 3.96 times difference in territory size.

South Korea ranks 107/197 by total surface area vs 60/197 for Zimbabwe.
South Korea occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.26% for Zimbabwe.
16.1% of South Korea's area is agricultural land vs 41.8% in Zimbabwe.
S. Korea has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Zimbabwe has 0.34%.
64.1% of S. Korea is covered by forests, compared to 44.7% in Zimbabwe.
0.15% of the world's forests are in South Korea, and 0.43% are in Zimbabwe.

True size map comparison: South Korea vs Zimbabwe

See how South Korea and Zimbabwe 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

	South Korea	Zimbabwe
Total area	38,724 sq mi	150,872 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	3.9
Total area rank	107/197	60/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.08%
Land area	37,684 sq mi	149,364 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	3.96
Land area rank	105/197	60/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.26%
Population	51,751,065	16,634,373
Population density	1,371 ppl/mi²	115.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	South Korea	Zimbabwe
Forest area	24,158 sq mi	66,820 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	64.1%	44.7%
Forest area rank	67/196	38/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.43%
Agricultural land area	6,054 sq mi	62,422 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.1%	41.8%
Agricultural land area rank	128/194	55/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.34%
Arable land	5,622 sq mi	15,523 sq mi
Arable land share	14.9%	10.4%
Arable land area rank	92/191	58/191
Permanent cropland	792 sq mi	180.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.1%	0.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	83/192	124/192
Water area	1,041 sq mi	1,509 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.69%	1%
Water area rank	85/197	73/197
Roads length	68,794 mi	60,439 mi
Land borders length	147.3 mi	2,006 mi
Coastline length	1,499 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.2%	n/a

South Korea vs Zimbabwe 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 South Korea and Zimbabwe 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.