Country size comparison
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Libya is about 6 times bigger than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 460% larger than New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (5.1 million more people live in Libya).
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