Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 1.7 times bigger than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 72% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.7 million people (1.8 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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