Country size comparison

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Arkansas is around the same size as Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 15% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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