Country size comparison

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New York is about 1.9 times smaller than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 51.3% the size of Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (858,203 more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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