Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 1.2 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 25% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (6.6 million more people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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