Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 5 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 436% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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