Country size comparison

compared to

South Korea is about 90 times bigger than Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 8,900% larger than Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the population of Hong Kong is ~7.3 million people (44.6 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hong Kong vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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