South Africa is about 12 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,123% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (5.7 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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