Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 4.8 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 380% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (8.8 million more people live in Madagascar).
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