Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 42 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 4,093% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (120.9 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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