Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 6 times smaller than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 17.89% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (359,483 more people live in El Salvador).
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