Country size comparison

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South Korea is around the same size as Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 89.94% the size of Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (45.0 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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