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

Sudan is 50.9 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 710,693 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Sudan is 721,239 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 51.6 times difference in territory size.

Sudan ranks 15/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Sudan occupies 1.25% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
60.3% of Sudan's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Sudan has 2.36% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
9.55% of Sudan is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.44% of the world's forests are in Sudan, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Sudan vs Taiwan

See how 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

	Sudan	Taiwan
Total area	710,693 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	50.9	1
Total area rank	15/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.36%	0.007%
Land area	721,239 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	51.6	1
Land area rank	15/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.25%	0.02%
Population	50,448,963	23,331,886
Population density	73.3 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Sudan	Taiwan
Forest area	68,892 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	9.55%	60.8%
Forest area rank	36/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.44%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	435,002 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	60.3%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	10/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.36%	0.02%
Arable land	81,062 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	11.2%	n/a
Arable land area rank	13/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	834 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.12%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	80/192	79/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	192/197	193/197
Roads length	19,263 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	4,237 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	530 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	17%	n/a

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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