Country size comparison
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Libya is about 84 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 8,262% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (569,186 more people live in Libya).
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