Country size comparison

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Libya is about 3.3 times bigger than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 233% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (23.8 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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