Country size comparison

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Arkansas is about 6 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 541% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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