Country size comparison
compared to
Belgium is about 2.4 times smaller than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 42.55% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (3.2 million more people live in Belgium).
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