Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 12 times smaller than Gambia.
Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 8.53% the size of Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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