Country size comparison

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France is about 1.4 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 73.28% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (48.7 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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