Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 1.6 times bigger than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 63% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (8.0 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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