Country size comparison

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Libya is about 3.2 times bigger than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 219% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (61.2 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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