Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 15 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 6.68% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (928,669 fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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