Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 1.7 times bigger than Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 73% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (6.3 million more people live in El Salvador).
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