Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 4 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 297% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (23.8 million more people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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