Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is around the same size as Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 2% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (19.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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