Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 11 times smaller than Chad.
Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 9.39% the size of Chad. Meanwhile, the population of Chad is ~18.0 million people (8.0 million more people live in North Korea).
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