Country size comparison

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New York is about 11 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 9.51% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (12.9 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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