South Korea is 1.06× the size of Hungary

South Korea covers about 98,500 km² (38,000 mi²) and Hungary about 93,200 km² (36,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

98,500km²South Korea
93,200km²Hungary

100 km

South Korea
Hungary

What fits

Hungary is 95% of the size of South Korea.
South Korea is larger by 5,340 km² (2,060 mi²), which is 5.7% of the area of Hungary.
Measured in Belgiums: South Korea is about 3.21, Hungary about 3.04.

How they differ

South Korea also has the larger population: 51.5 million against 9.6 million, 5.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 522 in South Korea against 103 in Hungary: South Korea is 5.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,320 km apart.
On a standard web map Hungary looks larger than South Korea: South Korea at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Hungary at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Hungary as 1.33× the size of South Korea, when South Korea is 1.06× the size of Hungary.
Together South Korea and Hungary cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,340 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Hungary's density, South Korea would have 10.2 million people (it has 51.5 million). At South Korea's density, Hungary would have 48.7 million (it has 9.6 million).
Hungary's centre is 10.8° of latitude, about 1,200 km, farther north than South Korea's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	South Korea	1.06×
More people	South Korea	5.36×
More crowded	South Korea	5.07×
Farther north	Hungary	10.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Hungary	2.2× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	South Korea	Hungary
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.21×	3.04×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.40×	0.38×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.28×	0.26×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.26×	0.25×
France 548,000 km²	0.18×	0.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	South Korea	Hungary
Area, main territory	98,500 km²38,000 mi²	93,200 km²36,000 mi²
Population	51.5 millionWikidata, 2017	9.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	522 per km²	103 per km²
Official area	100,000 km²Wikidata	93,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Seoul	Budapest
Latitude range	33°N to 39°N	46°N to 49°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 100,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 98,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 93,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 93,200 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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