Country size comparison

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New York is about 4.3 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 23.16% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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