Italy is about 2.6 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 156% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (54.9 million more people live in Italy).
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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