Country size comparison
compared to
Hong Kong is about 90 times smaller than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, making Hong Kong 1.11% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (44.6 million fewer people live in Hong Kong).
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