Country size comparison

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Mauritius is about 863 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Mauritius is approximately 2,040 sq km, making Mauritius 0.12% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Mauritius).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Mauritius uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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