Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 3.2 times smaller than Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 30.85% the size of Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (10.8 million more people live in North Korea).
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