Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 1.2 times bigger than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 17% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (21.6 million more people live in North Korea).
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