Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 1,513 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 0.07% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (139.6 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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