Libya is about 17 times bigger than Ohio.

Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,559% larger than Ohio. Meanwhile, the population of Ohio is ~11.5 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ohio vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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