Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 2.4 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 139% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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