Country size comparison
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Somalia is about 9 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 789% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (3.7 million more people live in Somalia).
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