Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 11 times bigger than Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 995% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (48.7 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Puerto Rico vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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