Country size comparison

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Swaziland is about 7 times smaller than North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, making Swaziland 14.41% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (24.8 million fewer people live in Swaziland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Swaziland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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