South Korea is about 1.8 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 55.82% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (51.2 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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