Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.2 times bigger than Iceland.
Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 17% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (25.6 million more people live in North Korea).
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Moving from North Korea to Iceland · UN DESA 2010
2 people born in North Korea live in Iceland.
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