Country size comparison

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Vietnam is about 2.8 times bigger than North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 175% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (77.9 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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