Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is around the same size as Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 91.72% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (21.2 million more people live in North Korea).
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