Country size comparison

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Norway is about 5 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 18.4% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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