Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.3 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 79.45% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~70.5 million people (48.6 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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