Gambia is around the same size as Connecticut.

Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 90.05% the size of Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.7 million people (866,403 fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Connecticut vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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