Total & land area: Sudan vs Turkmenistan size comparison

Sudan is 3.75 times bigger by total area compared to Turkmenistan: 710,693 sq mi vs 189,657 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Sudan is 721,239 sq mi vs 181,441 sq mi for Turkmenistan — a 3.98 times difference in territory size.

Sudan ranks 15/197 by total surface area vs 51/197 for Turkmenistan.
Sudan occupies 1.25% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Turkmenistan.
60.3% of Sudan's area is agricultural land vs 84.2% in Turkmenistan.
Sudan has 2.36% of the world's agricultural land area — Turkmenistan has 0.83%.
9.55% of Sudan is covered by forests, compared to 8.78% in Turkmenistan.
0.44% of the world's forests are in Sudan, and 0.1% are in Turkmenistan.

True size map comparison: Sudan vs Turkmenistan

See how Sudan and Turkmenistan 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	Turkmenistan
Total area	710,693 sq mi	189,657 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.75	1
Total area rank	15/197	51/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.36%	0.1%
Land area	721,239 sq mi	181,441 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.98	1
Land area rank	15/197	53/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.25%	0.32%
Population	50,448,963	7,494,498
Population density	73.3 ppl/mi²	42.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Sudan	Turkmenistan
Forest area	68,892 sq mi	15,934 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	9.55%	8.78%
Forest area rank	36/196	75/196
World's forests share	0.44%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	435,002 sq mi	152,812 sq mi
Agricultural land share	60.3%	84.2%
Agricultural land area rank	10/194	29/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.36%	0.83%
Arable land	81,062 sq mi	6,145 sq mi
Arable land share	11.2%	3.39%
Arable land area rank	13/191	88/191
Permanent cropland	834 sq mi	153.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.12%	0.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	80/192	129/192
Water area	0 sq mi	8,216 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.33%
Water area rank	192/197	26/197
Roads length	19,263 mi	n/a
Land borders length	4,237 mi	2,584 mi
Coastline length	530 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	17%	4.2%

Sudan vs Turkmenistan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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