Country size comparison
compared to
New York is about 1.2 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 23% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (32.5 million fewer people live in New York).
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