Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 3.8 times smaller than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 26.41% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (38.7 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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