Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.5 times smaller than Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 68.15% the size of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the population of Ethiopia is ~135.5 million people (113.6 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ethiopia vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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