Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 71 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 6,990% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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