Country size comparison

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Peru is about 1.7 times bigger than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 71% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~21.9 million people (12.7 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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