Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 6 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 515% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (264,021 more people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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