By the Numbers: How big is South Korea?

 

 

With a population just shy of 52 million people, sometimes people ask: how big is South Korea? The answer is 38,691 square miles.

 

For Americans, this is roughly the size of the state of Indiana. That means you could fit 7 South Koreas inside the borders of Texas, with room left over.

 

For Europeans, a rough equivalent is Portugal or Hungary.