Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 6 times smaller than Turkey.

Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 15.38% the size of Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (57.1 million fewer people live in North Korea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Turkey vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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