Country size comparison
compared to
Somalia is around the same size as Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 9% larger than Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Somalia).
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