Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 4 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 305% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (14.6 million fewer people live in California).
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