Country size comparison

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New York is about 43 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 4,219% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (19.2 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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