Country size comparison
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Niger is about 11 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 951% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Niger).
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