Country size comparison

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Sri Lanka is about 11 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 8.72% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~21.9 million people (157,874 fewer people live in Sri Lanka).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Sri Lanka uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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