Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 4.5 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 347% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (11.0 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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