Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 18 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 1,672% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (11.2 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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