Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 1.5 times bigger than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 47% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~21.9 million people (113.6 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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