Country size comparison

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South Korea is about 4.5 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 22.15% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (41.4 million more people live in South Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. South Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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