Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 145 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 0.69% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (135.8 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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