New York is around the same size as North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 1% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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