Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is about 2.8 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 180% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (27.7 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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