Country size comparison

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Sao Tome and Principe is about 572 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.17% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (68.1 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Sao Tome and Principe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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