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).
This to-scale comparison of Madagascar vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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