Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 103 times smaller than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.97% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (51.6 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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