Country size comparison

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Russia is about 145 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 14,439% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (139.9 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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