Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 6 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 519% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (12.0 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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