North Korea is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 18% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (18.0 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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