South Korea is 1.01× the size of Pernambuco

What fits

• Pernambuco is 99% of the size of South Korea.
• South Korea is larger by 914 km² (353 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of Pernambuco.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Korea is about 3.21, Pernambuco about 3.18.

How they differ

• South Korea also has the larger population: 51.5 million against 9.1 million, 5.68× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 522 in South Korea against 93 in Pernambuco: South Korea is 5.63× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Korea at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Pernambuco at 8°S about 1.0×, so the map shows South Korea as 1.52× the size of Pernambuco instead of 1.01×.
• Together South Korea and Pernambuco cover 196,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
• At Pernambuco's density, South Korea would have 9.1 million people (it has 51.5 million). At South Korea's density, Pernambuco would have 51.0 million (it has 9.1 million).
• South Korea's centre is 44.7° of latitude, about 4,970 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
• South Korea ranks 109th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• South Korea lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 4,970 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Korea would have about 1,910 m² and each person in Pernambuco about 10,780 m².
• Laid side by side, South Korea and Pernambuco would cover 196,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
• Together they have 60.5 million people, about as many people as South Africa.
• Counted as a country, Pernambuco would rank 109th by area and 97th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. 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 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.

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