Country size comparison

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Latvia is about 12 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 8.58% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (17.8 million fewer people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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