Country size comparison

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Panama is around the same size as Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 5% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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