Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 74 times smaller than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 1.34% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.8 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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