Country size comparison

compared to

South Korea is about 15 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 6.73% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (51.1 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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