Country size comparison

compared to

North Korea is about 5 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 449% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (17.0 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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