Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.5 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 40.04% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (41.5 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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