Country size comparison

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Libya is about 17 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,608% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~392,404 people (7.1 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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