Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 2.3 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 42.77% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (12.5 million more people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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