Country size comparison
compared to
Cyprus is about 13 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km, making Cyprus 7.67% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (24.7 million fewer people live in Cyprus).
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