Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 2.7 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 170% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (46.8 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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