South Sudan covers 644,329 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.5% of all land on Earth. It ranks 42nd of 237 countries worldwide and 18th in Africa. At 7° latitude Mercator only inflates South Sudan by about 2%, so the old and new maps largely agree on it, unlike the far north where Mercator's stretch is dramatic.
For scale, South Sudan is roughly the same size as France (643,801 km²).
You could fit 3 of Tunisia inside South Sudan.
South Sudan: key figures
| True area | 644,329 km² |
| World rank | 42nd |
| Share of world land | 0.5% |
| Rank in Africa | 18th / 58 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.02× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 654,960 km² |
Largest countries in Africa (true area)
| Africa | |
|---|
| Algeria | 2,381,741 km² |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 km² |
| Sudan | 1,878,000 km² |
| Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| Chad | 1,284,000 km² |
| Niger | 1,267,000 km² |