Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 2.8 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 36.24% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (5.2 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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