Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 1.7 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 57.86% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (45.1 million more people live in South Korea).
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