Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 2.8 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 183% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (11.2 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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