Country size comparison

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Lesotho is about 2.7 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 169% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (219,433 fewer people live in Lesotho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Lesotho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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