Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 13 times bigger than Cyprus.
Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 1,203% larger than Cyprus. Meanwhile, the population of Cyprus is ~1.3 million people (24.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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Moving from North Korea to Cyprus · UN DESA 2020
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