Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 242 times bigger than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 24,096% larger than Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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