Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 8 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 706% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (57.6 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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