Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 18 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 1,683% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (9.4 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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