Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 2.9 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 185% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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