Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 2.8 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 35.65% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (27.7 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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