Country size comparison

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Mali is about 14 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 7.25% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (121.3 million fewer people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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