Country size comparison
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Libya is about 15 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,416% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Libya).
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