Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.2 times bigger than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 18% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (7.3 million more people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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