Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 2.4 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 140% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (34.4 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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