Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 115 times smaller than China.
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 0.87% the size of China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.4 billion fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
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