Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 21 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 4.79% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (35.0 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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