Madagascar vs South Sudan: Land area in square kilometres

Madagascar
581,800 sq. km
in 2023
South Sudan
631,930 sq. km
in 2023
Madagascar rank
44th
South Sudan rank
41st

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Madagascar
  • South Sudan
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922023

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 631,930 sq. km against 581,800 sq. km in Madagascar, a difference of 50,130 sq. km.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 44th and South Sudan ranks 41st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.