Country size comparison

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Panama is about 23 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 4.29% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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