Country size comparison

compared to

France is about 6 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 453% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (16.5 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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