Country size comparison

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Detroit is about 4,897 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 0.02% the size of Libya.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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