Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 2.8 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 180% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (20.0 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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