Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 13 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 1,224% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (22.9 million more people live in North Korea).
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