Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 5 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 19.49% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (26.6 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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