Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 23 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 4.4% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (122.4 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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