Country size comparison

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Kuwait is about 7 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 15.15% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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