Country size comparison
compared to
Somalia is about 8 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 718% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (7.8 million more people live in Somalia).
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