Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 3.9 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 285% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Eritrea to Belgium · OECD 2023
2,219 people moved from Eritrea to Belgium.
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