Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 9 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 11.74% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (101.6 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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