Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.2 times smaller than Nepal.
Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 81.9% the size of Nepal. Meanwhile, the population of Nepal is ~30.7 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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