Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 2.4 times smaller than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 41.66% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (34.4 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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