Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 1.9 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 87% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (24.1 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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