Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is around the same size as Greece.
Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 91.35% the size of Greece. Meanwhile, the population of Greece is ~10.5 million people (15.4 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Greece
vs.
North Korea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: North Korea vs. Greece
Flip Comparison · See true size
See North Korea on top of Greece
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 8 statistics
Be 3.7 times more likely to be unemployed in Greece
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 4 categories - 2026 data
Greece is 2.0 times more expensive than North Korea overall
→
Moving from North Korea to Greece · UN DESA 2020
33 people born in North Korea live in Greece.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.