Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 1.5 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 54% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (50.0 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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