Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.7 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 58.46% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (20.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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