Country size comparison

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Somalia is around the same size as Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 10% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (43.5 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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