Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 2.6 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 39.03% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (54.9 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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