Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 1.2 times smaller than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 79.89% the size of Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
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