Country size comparison

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Eritrea is around the same size as Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 14% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (5.9 million more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Eritrea to Iceland · OECD 2021
1 people moved from Eritrea to Iceland.
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