Country size comparison

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Sierra Leone is about 2 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 99% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (14.9 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Sierra Leone uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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