Country size comparison

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New York is about 8 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 12.21% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~118.4 million people (98.4 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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