Country size comparison

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Eritrea is around the same size as Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 14% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (1.9 million more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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