Country size comparison
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Portugal is about 6 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 15.69% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~32.7 million people (21.9 million fewer people live in Portugal).
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