Country size comparison
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Ecuador is about 2.4 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making Ecuador 135% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (8.7 million fewer people live in Ecuador).
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