Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 6 times smaller than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 17.18% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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