Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 1.4 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 44% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (8.3 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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