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

South Sudan is 17.8 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 248,777 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 17.5 times difference in territory size.

South Sudan ranks 41/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
South Sudan occupies 0.42% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
44.9% of South Sudan's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
S. Sudan has 0.59% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
11.3% of S. Sudan is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.18% of the world's forests are in South Sudan, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: South Sudan vs Taiwan

See how South Sudan 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

	South Sudan	Taiwan
Total area	248,777 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	17.8	1
Total area rank	41/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.007%
Land area	243,990 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	17.5	1
Land area rank	41/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.42%	0.02%
Population	11,943,408	23,331,886
Population density	51 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	South Sudan	Taiwan
Forest area	27,633 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	11.3%	60.8%
Forest area rank	63/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.18%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	109,449 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	44.9%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	40/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.59%	0.02%
Arable land	9,611 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	3.94%	n/a
Arable land area rank	76/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	328 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.13%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	106/192	79/192
Water area	4,787 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.92%	0%
Water area rank	41/197	193/197
Roads length	n/a	25,771 mi
Land borders length	3,739 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

South Sudan 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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