Country size comparison

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Libya is about 1.9 times bigger than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 86% larger than Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (56.7 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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