Country size comparison
compared to
Aruba is about 670 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 0.15% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.8 million fewer people live in Aruba).
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