Country size comparison

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New York is about 4.6 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 364% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (6.2 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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