Country size comparison

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Mali is about 12 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 1,144% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (31.1 million fewer people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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