Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 4 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 295% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (14.1 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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