Country size comparison

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Libya is about 6 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 484% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (54.0 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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