Country size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is around the same size as North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 96.3% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (13.3 million fewer people live in Pennsylvania).
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