Country size comparison

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Colorado is about 7 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 15.27% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Colorado).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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