Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.2 times bigger than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 21% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (18.6 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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