Country size comparison
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United States is about 15 times bigger than Somalia.
Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 1,442% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~19.7 million people (322.1 million more people live in United States).
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