North Korea is about 10 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 9.89% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (31.6 million fewer people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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