Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is around the same size as Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 97.24% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (43.8 million more people live in South Korea).
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