Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 2.9 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 190% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (8.6 million more people live in North Korea).
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Moving from North Korea to Netherlands · OECD 2023
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