Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.6 times bigger than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 64% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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