Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 6 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 460% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (48.8 million more people live in South Korea).
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