Country size comparison

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Spain is about 5 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 407% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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