Country size comparison

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New York is about 6 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 16.25% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (264,021 fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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