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

South Sudan is 11.3 times bigger by total area compared to Togo: 248,777 sq mi vs 21,925 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of South Sudan is 243,990 sq mi vs 21,000 sq mi for Togo — a 11.6 times difference in territory size.

South Sudan ranks 41/197 by total surface area vs 123/197 for Togo.
South Sudan occupies 0.42% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Togo.
44.9% of South Sudan's area is agricultural land vs 70.2% in Togo.
S. Sudan has 0.59% of the world's agricultural land area — Togo has 0.08%.
11.3% of S. Sudan is covered by forests, compared to 22.1% in Togo.
0.18% of the world's forests are in South Sudan, and 0.03% are in Togo.

True size map comparison: South Sudan vs Togo

See how South Sudan and Togo 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	Togo
Total area	248,777 sq mi	21,925 sq mi
Size difference ratio	11.3	1
Total area rank	41/197	123/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.01%
Land area	243,990 sq mi	21,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	11.6	1
Land area rank	41/197	124/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.42%	0.04%
Population	11,943,408	9,515,236
Population density	51 ppl/mi²	473 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	South Sudan	Togo
Forest area	27,633 sq mi	4,635 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	11.3%	22.1%
Forest area rank	63/196	120/196
World's forests share	0.18%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	109,449 sq mi	14,749 sq mi
Agricultural land share	44.9%	70.2%
Agricultural land area rank	40/194	98/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.59%	0.08%
Arable land	9,611 sq mi	10,232 sq mi
Arable land share	3.94%	48.7%
Arable land area rank	76/191	70/191
Permanent cropland	328 sq mi	656 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.13%	3.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	106/192	89/192
Water area	4,787 sq mi	925 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.92%	4.22%
Water area rank	41/197	88/197
Roads length	n/a	7,291 mi
Land borders length	3,739 mi	1,168 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	34.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.7%

South Sudan vs Togo 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 Sudan and Togo 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.