Country size comparison

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Panama is about 1.3 times smaller than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 75.63% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (47.5 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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