Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 16 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 6.14% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (103.2 million fewer people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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