Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 1.3 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 78.31% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (4.0 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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