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).
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