Country size comparison
compared to
Thailand is about 5 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 415% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.7 million people (19.9 million more people live in Thailand).
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