Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 2.7 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 37.09% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (46.8 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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