Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 4.9 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 20.53% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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