Country size comparison

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Peru is about 6 times smaller than Australia.

Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 16.6% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (6.1 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Australia vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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