Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 2.5 times smaller than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 40.14% the size of Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (10.0 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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