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Dominican Republic vs South Korea

South Korea is 2.06 times larger than Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic would fit into South Korea about 2.1 times.

Dominican RepublicSouth KoreaDominican Republic moved onto South Korea · Equal-area projection
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Dominican Republic is 0.49× the area of South Korea. Put the other way, South Korea is 2.06× the size of Dominican Republic.
Dominican RepublicSouth Korea
Area48,671 km²100,295 km²
Population11,520,48751,684,564
Density237 / km²515 / km²
CapitalSanto DomingoSeoul
RegionCaribbeanEastern Asia
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours11

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Dominican Republic sits at about 19°N and is stretched to 1.12× its true area; South Korea at 36° N is stretched to 1.54×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.

Open in the atlasLay South Korea over Dominican Republic

Questions about this pair

Is Dominican Republic bigger than South Korea?
No. Dominican Republic is 2.06 times smaller than South Korea. Dominican Republic covers 48,671 km² and South Korea covers 100,295 km².
How many times does Dominican Republic fit into South Korea?
About 2.1 times: South Korea has 2.06× the area of Dominican Republic.
Why do Dominican Republic and South Korea look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Dominican Republic is drawn about 1.12× its true area there and South Korea about 1.54×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Which has more people, Dominican Republic or South Korea?
South Korea: 51,684,564 people against 11,520,487. Density: Dominican Republic 237 per km², South Korea 515 per km².
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