North Korea is about 2.7 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 36.54% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (7.9 million fewer people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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