Country size comparison
compared to
Panama is about 1.6 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 62.57% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (21.6 million fewer people live in Panama).
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