Country size comparison

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China is about 18 times bigger than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 1,718% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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