Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 10 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 941% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.8 million people (784,910 more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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