Country size comparison

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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 ~3.6 million people (55.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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