Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 4.3 times smaller than Thailand.
Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 23.49% the size of Thailand. Meanwhile, the population of Thailand is ~71.6 million people (45.0 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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