Country size comparison
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Libya is about 1.2 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 81.85% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (28.2 million fewer people live in Libya).
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