Country size comparison

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North Korea is about 1.6 times bigger than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 60% larger than Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (21.6 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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