Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.2 times smaller than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 81.19% the size of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (139.7 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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