Country size comparison

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Russia is about 779 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 77,842% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (133.1 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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