Country size comparison

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Russia is about 265 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 26,372% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (140.2 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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