Country size comparison

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Uganda is about 8 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, making Uganda 694% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (44.0 million more people live in Uganda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Uganda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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