Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 9 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 839% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (131.9 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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