Country size comparison
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Ethiopia is about 9 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 816% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (87.7 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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