Country size comparison

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Libya is around the same size as Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 89.57% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (122.0 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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