Country size comparison
compared to
Yemen is about 4.4 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 338% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (5.0 million more people live in Yemen).
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