Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 4.4 times smaller than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 22.83% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in North Korea).
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