Country size comparison

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France is around the same size as Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 9% larger than Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (21.1 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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