Country size comparison
compared to
North Korea is about 1.2 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 18% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (18.0 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
North Korea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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