Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 3 times smaller than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 33.09% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in South Korea).
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