Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 84 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 8,283% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (61.4 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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