Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 2.7 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 173% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (288,495 more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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