Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 1.4 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 69.94% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (19.2 million more people live in North Korea).
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