Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 4.9 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 387% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (2.2 million more people live in Madagascar).
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