Country size comparison

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Texas is around the same size as Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 6% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (12.8 million more people live in Texas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Texas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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