Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 8 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 718% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (19.5 million more people live in Madagascar).
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