Country size comparison

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Russia is about 14 times bigger than Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,279% larger than Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (121.3 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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