Country size comparison
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Portugal is about 1.3 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 28% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (1.5 million more people live in Portugal).
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