Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 8 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 705% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~21.8 million people (20.0 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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