Country size comparison
compared to
Qatar is about 9 times smaller than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, making Qatar 11.62% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (49.3 million fewer people live in Qatar).
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