Country size comparison

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Israel is about 5 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 18.65% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (6.5 million more people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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