Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.6 times smaller than Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 60.69% the size of Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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