Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 13.05% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (199.1 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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