Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 17 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 1,639% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (28.8 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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