Country size comparison
compared to
Norway is about 2.7 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 169% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (20.4 million fewer people live in Norway).
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