Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 1.2 times bigger than Maine.
Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 25% larger than Maine. Meanwhile, the population of Maine is ~1.3 million people (50.5 million more people live in South Korea).
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