Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.2 times bigger than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 16% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (55.9 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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