Country size comparison

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Australia is about 4.4 times bigger than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 340% larger than Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (19.0 million more people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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