Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 18 times bigger than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 1,728% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (29.1 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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