Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 43 times bigger than Samoa.
Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 4,158% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (25.7 million more people live in North Korea).
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