Country size comparison
compared to
Minnesota is about 1.7 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 71% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (20.7 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
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