Country size comparison
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Suriname is about 8 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 679% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (5.9 million fewer people live in Suriname).
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