Country size comparison

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Israel is about 4.5 times smaller than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 22.0% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (42.9 million fewer people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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