Country size comparison

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Libya is about 1.8 times bigger than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 76% larger than Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (100.6 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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