Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 9 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 820% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (63.5 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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