Country size comparison

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Libya is about 80 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 7,921% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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