Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.8 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 84% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (2.8 million more people live in North Korea).
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