New York is around the same size as Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 4% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (13.2 million more people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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