Country size comparison

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Libya is about 11 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 974% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~639,850 people (6.8 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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