Country size comparison
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Tanzania is about 1.6 times bigger than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 61% larger than Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~32.7 million people (37.8 million more people live in Tanzania).
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