Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 2.2 times smaller than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 44.84% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (20.9 million more people live in North Korea).
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