Country size comparison

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Libya is about 27 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 2,582% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (16.0 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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