Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 1.4 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making
South Korea 69.27% the size of Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(39.0 million more people live in South Korea).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
South Korea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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