Country size comparison
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Burundi is about 4.3 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, making Burundi 23.09% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (13.3 million fewer people live in Burundi).
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