Country size comparison

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Australia is about 6 times bigger than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 502% larger than Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (6.1 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Australia to Peru · UN DESA 2020
1,120 people born in Australia live in Peru.
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