Country size comparison
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Eritrea is about 9 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 837% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (2.6 million more people live in Eritrea).
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