Country size comparison
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China is about 9,955 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe.
Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 995,435% larger than Sao Tome and Principe. Meanwhile, the population of Sao Tome and Principe is ~217,164 people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
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