Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 6 times smaller than Texas.
Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 17.78% the size of Texas. Meanwhile, the population of Texas is ~25.1 million people (809,577 more people live in North Korea).
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