Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 10 times bigger than Qatar.
Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 940% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (23.4 million more people live in North Korea).
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