Country size comparison

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Libya is about 1.4 times bigger than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 37% larger than Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (25.1 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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