Country size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 1% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.6 million people (23.6 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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