Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 4.2 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 23.97% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.3 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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