Country size comparison

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Latvia is about 1.8 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 80% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (21.7 million fewer people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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