Country size comparison

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New York is about 1.3 times smaller than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 74.64% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (18.7 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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