Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.4 times bigger than Austria.

Austria is approximately 83,871 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 40% larger than Austria. Meanwhile, the population of Austria is ~8.9 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austria vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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