Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 4,636 times bigger than Tuvalu.
Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 463,508% larger than Tuvalu. Meanwhile, the population of Tuvalu is ~9,492 people (26.6 million more people live in North Korea).
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