Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 1.4 times smaller than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 69.32% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (4.4 million more people live in El Salvador).
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