Country size comparison

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Sri Lanka is about 5 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 438% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (22.9 million more people live in Sri Lanka).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Sri Lanka uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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