Country size comparison

compared to

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.

Share this