Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 36 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 3,538% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.4 million people (133.1 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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