Country size comparison

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Djibouti is about 5 times smaller than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, making Djibouti 18.97% the size of New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (18.4 million fewer people live in Djibouti).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Djibouti uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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