North Korea is 1.01× the size of Durango

What fits

• Durango is 99% of the size of North Korea.
• North Korea is larger by 1,350 km² (523 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Durango.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Korea is about 3.99, Durango about 3.95.

How they differ

• North Korea also has the larger population: 26.4 million against 1.8 million, 15.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 216 in North Korea against 14 in Durango: North Korea is 14.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Korea at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Durango at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows North Korea as 1.42× the size of Durango instead of 1.01×.
• Together North Korea and Durango cover 243,000 km², close to the size of United Kingdom (244,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,350 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Durango's density, North Korea would have 1.8 million people (it has 26.4 million). At North Korea's density, Durango would have 26.1 million (it has 1.8 million).
• North Korea's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Durango's.
• North Korea ranks 101st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• North Korea lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Durango.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Korea would have about 4,630 m² and each person in Durango about 68,970 m².
• Laid side by side, North Korea and Durango would cover 243,000 km², about the same size as the United Kingdom.
• Together they have 28.2 million people, about as many people as Yemen.
• Counted as a country, Durango would rank 101st by area and 153rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 122,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.

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