Land area in South Korea

The land area of South Korea was 97,600 km² in 2024.

Land area Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank

South Korea, 2024 97,600 Square kilometres

Change from 2023 0% 2023: 97,600 km²

World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as South Korea (2024).

Position in 2024 105th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in South Korea over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

A dash means no value was published for that period.

That is unchanged from 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 97,430 km², the figure has changed by +0.2%.
Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, South Korea has the 105th highest value.

Original producer: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1961 to 2024 for South Korea
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)

A country's total area excluding inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes.

Population covered: National territory

CSV for South Korea

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