Country size comparison
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Yemen is about 7 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 636% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.8 million people (33.0 million more people live in Yemen).
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