Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 19 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 5.23% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (3.1 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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