Country size comparison
compared to
Somalia is about 30 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 2,931% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (5.8 million more people live in Somalia).
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