Country size comparison

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New York is about 1.9 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 86% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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