Country size comparison

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Greece is around the same size as Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, making Greece 12% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (4.3 million more people live in Greece).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Greece uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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