Christmas Island is about 871 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.11% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (6.2 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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