Country size comparison

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New York is about 1.9 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 89% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (17.5 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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