Country size comparison

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Peru is about 12 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 1,149% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (27.9 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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