Mali is about 5 times bigger than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 420% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~19.0 million people (6.2 million more people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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