Country size comparison
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Zambia is about 6 times bigger than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 524% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in Zambia).
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