Country size comparison
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Kenya is about 4.8 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, making Kenya 381% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (29.9 million more people live in Kenya).
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