Country size comparison

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New York is about 11 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 982% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (17.0 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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