Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is around the same size as Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 92.46% the size of Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (19.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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