Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 8 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 12.24% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (9.4 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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