Country size comparison
compared to
Nepal is about 1.2 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 22% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (4.7 million more people live in Nepal).
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