Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 9 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 821% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (59.5 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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