Country size comparison

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Libya is about 5 times bigger than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 443% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (1.6 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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4 people moved from Libya to Norway.
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