Country size comparison

compared to

Mali is about 1.6 times bigger than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 65% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (1.1 million more people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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