Country size comparison
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Moldova is about 3.6 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 28.08% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (22.7 million fewer people live in Moldova).
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