Country size comparison

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Libya is about 1,061 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 105,978% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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