Country size comparison

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Libya is about 15 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,396% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (3.9 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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