Country size comparison
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Kentucky is about 1.4 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 43% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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