Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 2.5 times smaller than Philippines.

Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 40.18% the size of Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (88.6 million fewer people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philippines vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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