Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 36 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 3,497% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (50.7 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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