Country size comparison
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United Kingdom is about 3.4 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 240% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (59.1 million more people live in United Kingdom).
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