Country size comparison
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North Korea is about 6 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 16.02% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (6.3 million more people live in North Korea).
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