North Korea is about 1.2 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 83.73% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (13.1 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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