Country size comparison
compared to
Italy is about 3 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 202% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (9.3 million more people live in Italy).
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Moving from Italy to South Korea · OECD 2023
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