Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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