Greece is 1.07× the size of North Korea

Greece covers about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²) and North Korea about 122,000 km² (47,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

131,000km²Greece
122,000km²North Korea

200 km

Greece
North Korea

What fits

North Korea is 93% of the size of Greece.
Greece is larger by 8,970 km² (3,460 mi²), which is 7.3% of the area of North Korea.
Measured in Belgiums: Greece is about 4.28, North Korea about 3.99.

How they differ

Greece is larger, but North Korea has the larger population: 26.4 million against 10.5 million, 2.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 216 in North Korea against 80 in Greece: North Korea is 2.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,330 km apart.
Together Greece and North Korea cover 254,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,970 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At North Korea's density, Greece would have 28.4 million people (it has 10.5 million). At Greece's density, North Korea would have 9.8 million (it has 26.4 million).
North Korea's centre is 1.1° of latitude, about 120 km, farther north than Greece's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Greece	1.07×
More people	North Korea	2.52×
More crowded	North Korea	2.71×
Farther north	North Korea	1.1° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Greece	North Korea
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.28×	3.99×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.54×	0.50×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.37×	0.34×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.35×	0.33×
France 548,000 km²	0.24×	0.22×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Greece	North Korea
Area, main territory	131,000 km²50,700 mi²	122,000 km²47,300 mi²
Population	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021	26.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	80 per km²	216 per km²
Official area	132,000 km²Wikidata	121,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Athens	Pyongyang
Latitude range	35°N to 42°N	38°N to 43°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 122,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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