Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.8 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 57.04% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (905,337 more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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