Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 1.2 times bigger than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 17% larger than Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~70.5 million people (64.9 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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