Country size comparison

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Yemen is around the same size as Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 4% larger than Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (16.2 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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