Country size comparison

compared to

Chad is around the same size as Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, making Chad 4% larger than Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in Chad).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Chad uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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