Country size comparison
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Faroe Islands is about 12,274 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, making Faroe Islands 0.01% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (142.0 million fewer people live in Faroe Islands).
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