Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 4 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 25.18% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (23.8 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
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