North Korea is about 2.4 times smaller than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 42.51% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (8.7 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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