Country size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 1.3 times smaller than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 78.2% the size of South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (47.2 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
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