Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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