Country size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 15 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,386% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (51.1 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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