Country size comparison

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Libya is about 3.5 times bigger than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 248% larger than Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (40.0 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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