Country size comparison
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Libya is about 25 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 2,353% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Libya).
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