Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 5 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 419% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~9.5 million people (42.1 million more people live in South Korea).
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