Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 1.3 times bigger than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 26% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~21.9 million people (48.6 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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