Country size comparison

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Vanuatu is around the same size as Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 8% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Vanuatu).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Vanuatu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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