Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 11 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 9.38% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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