Country size comparison
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Bhutan is about 3.1 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, making Bhutan 31.85% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.1 million fewer people live in Bhutan).
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