Country size comparison
compared to
Connecticut is about 6 times smaller than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 17.49% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Connecticut).
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