Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 10 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 9.61% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (784,910 fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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