Country size comparison

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Nepal is about 1.2 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 20% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (11.3 million more people live in Nepal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Nepal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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