Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 109 times bigger than Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 10,779% larger than Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the population of Hong Kong is ~7.3 million people (18.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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