Country size comparison
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Tajikistan is about 1.2 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, making Tajikistan 20% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (16.8 million fewer people live in Tajikistan).
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