Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 1.2 times smaller than Iceland.
Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 81.17% the size of Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (9.6 million more people live in United Arab Emirates).
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