Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.8 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 79% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (17.0 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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