Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 56 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 5,543% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.8 million people (16.8 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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