Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 5 times bigger than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 399% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (22.0 million more people live in Madagascar).
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