Country size comparison

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Peru is about 8 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 685% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (31.6 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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