Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 5 times bigger than South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 429% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (20.9 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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