Country size comparison
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Sierra Leone is about 2.7 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 172% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
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