Country size comparison

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New York is about 14 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 6.95% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (12.2 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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