Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 1.4 times smaller than Suriname.
Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 73.58% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (25.3 million more people live in North Korea).
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