Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 1.6 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 64% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (51.2 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Suriname to South Korea · OECD 2021
2 people moved from Suriname to South Korea.
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