Country size comparison
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Vanuatu is about 10 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 10.11% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.6 million fewer people live in Vanuatu).
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