Country size comparison

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Turkmenistan is about 3 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 198% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (5.0 million more people live in Turkmenistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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