Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 4.7 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 21.32% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (62.1 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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