Country size comparison
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Albania is about 4.2 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 23.85% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (22.9 million fewer people live in Albania).
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