Country size comparison

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Russia is about 27 times bigger than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 2,581% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (129.6 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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