Country size comparison

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Egypt is about 9 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 752% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (101.6 million more people live in Egypt).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Egypt uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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