Country size comparison

compared to

South Korea is about 1.5 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 52% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (28.7 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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