Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 1.9 times bigger than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 85% larger than Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (11.9 million more people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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